Air Quality Strategy Commissioning a Tree Planting Strategy for Cork city is one of the action of the Cork City Council Air Quality Strategy 2021-2026. One objective is the increase in tree cover (urban woodland areas) to improve ambient air quality. Heritage & Biodiversity Plan Developing a Tree Management program for Cork City is one of the actions of the Cork City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan 2021-2026. The three other actions regarding trees are planting 1500 native Irish trees per annum, investigating mechanisms to protect non designated areas of biodiversity value, ecological corridors, and trees on land in private ownership, and mapping and creating a database of habitat, species, and existing area of biodiversity importance. Climate Action Plan The Cork City Climate Action Plan was adopted in February 2024. The plan specifies those actions for which the City Council is fully accountable, concerning emissions from its own assets, and those for which it facilitates and coordinates, influences others, and advocates for. Previous Local Studies and Plans Recommended actions noted in previous studies and position papers have reviewed in the preparation of this strategy, including Towards an Urban Forest Strategy for Cork City 1996 (unpublished) and the Cork City Landscape Study 2008. Tree Planting Pledges Cork city council are currently committed to two tree planting pledges that aim to plant trees in an appropriate and sustainable way: UNECE Trees in Cities Challenges and EU tree billon trees. Cork County Council Development Plan 2022-2028 The Cork County Council Development Plan contains identifies the lands planned for development in the County Council administrative area, which bounds the ‘hinterland’ of the City Council administrative area on all sides. Recognising the importance of ecological connectivity, Cork City Council will collaborate with the County Council and have regard to County plans when planning for and implementing tree cover in the city hinterland. Public Submissions Cork City Council received 50 no. public submissions in response to the consultation on the Tree Strategy, which are reflected in the text of the strategy.
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