Objective 6.6 Rivers, Waterway and Wetlands a. To protect and maintain the integrity, and maximise the potential, of the natural heritage and biodiversity value of rivers, associated watercourses and wetlands in Cork City, and to b. To promote an integrated approach to optimising opportunities associated with rivers, waterways and wetlands generate biodiversity, recreation, tourism, and economic benefits. c. To support the preparation of a City Tree Strategy which provides a vision for long- term planting, protection and maintenance of trees, hedgerows and woodlands. d. To support retaining existing trees and the planting of new trees as part of new developments subject to care on the species of tree and the siting and management of the trees to avoid conflict with transport safety and residential amenity in particular. e. To promote the planting of pollinator friendly native deciduous trees and mixed forestry to benefit biodiversity. Objective 6.5 Trees & Urban Woodland a. To protect and enhance the City’s tree and urban woodlands in public and private ownership. Cork City Council will seek to survey, map and maintain existing important individual and groups of trees, using Tree Preservation Orders as appropriate. b. To encourage the planting of new urban woodlands and trees where appropriate throughout the City and particularly where there are deficiencies in tree coverage as identified in the Cork City Green and Blue Infrastructure Study.
Objective 6.7 Carbon Sequestration To work with landowners, communities and other stakeholders in supporting initiatives to increase carbon sequestration through the effective and sustainable use of undeveloped, vacant and agri- cultural land. This could include opportunities to explore protecting soil fertility, reducing erosion, increasing soil organic matter, re-wetting bogs and peatland and restoring degraded soils.
Objective 6.8
Community Food Growing
To support community food growing opportunities at appropriate locations in Cork City that include the enhancement of existing and the provision of new allotments, urban agriculture, community gardens and the incorporation of food growing opportunities into residential development schemes.
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