A dollar value might soon be put on Adelaide's city trees.The City Council has voted to consider adopting a formula used in Melbourne which has valued some trees there at more than $200,000.
Councillor Anne Moran says she hopes it can lead to fewer trees being felled.
"For instance, in the situation when the government removed 59 trees on Port Road to put the tramline extension but then said but we're planting 'x' number of thousand, you may actually be removing a very small number of trees at a very high cost to the environment," she said.
"What Melbourne's done is quantify that value and given these trees a replacement value.
"If a developer wants to chop a tree down that has been valued at a $100,000-plus we can say well 'OK, but you've got to plant a $100,000-plus worth of trees to replace that'."
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I can only hope that councils in Perth will adopt this plan!!!
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