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A 2017 report found the bush capital had lost 10 per cent of its urban canopy cover between 2009 and 2016. The ACT government is set to plant 17,000 trees over the next four years to help restore Canberra's declining canopy cover. Fenner associate professor and forester Cris Brack said Canberra had expanded and tree canopy cover had shrunk and was needed to help mitigate the effects of climate change.

Read more at the Canberra Times website.