Nature Watch: ACF Perth Community Monthly Meeting Tuesday, 12th March with Special Guest Nick Cook from Western Australian Tree Canoy Advocates Inc (WATCA)

Monthly Meeting: Tuesday, March 12 at 7pm at Loftus Community Centre

Our special guest, Nick Cook from WATCA, will enlighten us about Perth's tree canopy crisis and WATCA's initiatives.

When: Tuesday, March 12^th

Time: 7 PM

Venue: Loftus Community Centre, 99 Loftus Street, Leederville (public transport available both at Oxford and Loftus Streets).

Photo Courtesy of WATCA

About Nick Cook

Nick is a Co-founder and current Chairperson of the Western Australian Tree Canopy Advocates Inc (WATCA), an organisation dedicated to retaining and improving urban canopy. Nick will talk about the origins of the tree canopy advocates (TCA) movement, and its purpose. He will discuss the current dire state of Perth's canopy crisis.  WATCA currently has 26 TCA groups in communities across the Perth metropolitan area and the regions, from Geraldton to Bunbury, with a community of around 20,000 supporters. WATCA is actively engaged with multiple stakeholders, including Local and State governments in its pursuit of a 30% by 2040 urban canopy target and the regulation of the removal of significant trees. More info can be found at watca.org.au