Appendix B - Arborist Report 22 August 2025 · OPW16/0303.02

Arboricultural Impact Assessment - Palm Lakes Resort Cooroy - Revision 1 - IAS17818 - 22 August 2025


Company Details
Independent Arboricultural Services
Independent Arboricultural Services, incorporated in May 2007, offers a completely independent
arborist consulting and reporting service. Its directors and associated consultants bring extensive
arboricultural knowledge gained over many years to this company. All consulting staff hold AQF Level 5
(Diploma of Arboriculture). Specialised advice when required, such as provision of survey mapping or
engineering advice and certification is sourced from reputable professional providers according to site
requirements as per Australian Standard 4970-2025.

Statement of Goal
To deliver continual improvement through the use of world’s best arboricultural practices, supported by
ongoing education and exposure to leading industry experts and research throughout the world.

Mission Statement
To provide timely, relevant and actionable consulting advice and practice based on the latest available
and best scientific arboricultural knowledge.

Environmental Statement
Independent Arboricultural Services supports long term environmental sustainability sustainable
sourced paper and ensuring all inks cartridges are recycled where possible.

Independent Arboricultural Services actively seeks to maintain a positive carbon footprint status and to
that end is committed to protecting and preserving the environment, continuing to carry out tree
planting, transplanting and replacement planting where practical, having planted in excess of 4000 trees
in the first 2 years after its inception in May 2007 alone. Arboricultural recommendations involving the
removal of tree/s will include replanting at a minimum ratio of 2 trees for any tree removed where
possible. All arboricultural recommendations are made in accordance with world’s best arboricultural
practice and within the Australian Standards AS 4373-2007 Pruning of amenity trees and AS 4970-2025
– Protection of trees on development sites so as to ensure optimal outcomes for all living trees.

Independent Arboricultural Services acknowledges the benefits of healthy trees with good vigour and
vitality and actively promotes better understanding in the general community of the contribution that
trees make to reducing greenhouse gasses, the contribution of trees to better water retention and the
prevention of soil erosion, the ability of trees to provide protection to infrastructure by diffusing strong
winds in weather events and the contribution of trees to general liveability within the urban
environment.

It is an acknowledged fact that air temperature beneath a tree canopy can be in excess of 5o Celsius
lower than the surrounding ambient air temperature thereby reducing reliance on greenhouse gas
producing air conditioners and coal fired power sources.




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