Home, lungs and shade in one gentle giant

Trees are vital in improving the visual quality of an area.

Tree cover forms an integral part of Tweed Shire's character, in its bushland and urban areas.

Trees play an important part in:

• providing habitat and food for wildlife, maintaining the health of our lands and our living environment
• protecting soil and water supplies
• providing shelter and protection from predators for many birds, animals and insect species
• acting as extensions and links between core bushland, as bushland corridors (particularly in urban areas)
• reduce the effects of sunlight, summer heat, reflection, pollution, humidity, wind, glare, refraction and noise
• filtering the air and significantly reducing airborne pollution by acting as the 'lungs of the earth', taking in and storing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen

With these principles in mind, Council’s Development Control Plan A16 Preservation of Trees and Vegetation and old Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) seek to retain trees that contribute to the general health and well being of Tweed Shire residents.