Overview

Tree protection involves activities designed to preserve and protect tree health by avoiding damage to tree roots, trunk, or crown. In today's site development, planning prior to site disturbance should include identifying tree protection plan.

In the seminar, the speaker will cover the following topics:

1. Lease conditions

2. Landscape clause

3. Lands Department: RLA

• Practice Note: 7-2007
• Tree Preservation and Tree Removal Application for Building Development in Private Projects
• Definition of a tree: A plant is considered as a tree if its trunk diameter measures 95mm or more at a height of 1.3m.

4. Duties of land owner toward trees

5. Tree Felling Application

6. Compensatory Tree Planting

• Recipient Area
• Compensatory Rate
• Tree Planting Distance

7. Native and local tree species

8. Sourcing of trees

• Trees from local nurseries
• Trees from Mainland China

9. Implementation:

• Checking quality of tree
• Checking Planting Method

10. Checking preservation and maintenance

Speaker

Mr Koo Siu Fung Stone 

Mr. Koo is a Registered Landscape Architect practicing in Hong Kong & China. He taught landscape architecture for HKUSPACE in 2003, and has been an Associate Professor of Architecture Department, Chu Hai College of Higher Education from 2015. He won his first landscape design award in 1996 and many awards followed: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2017, HKIA Annual Award 2017-2018 for Blue House Cluster; Green Hub won Honorable Mention Award of UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2016, Grand Award of Green Building Award 2016 among others, Merit Award HKILA Design Awards 2016. In 2015 Jao Tsung I Academy won Good Design Award 2015 Japan, HKIA Special Architectural Award Heritage and Adaptive Re-use 2015

Enquiry

Mr Peter Au, Business Development Manager
Tel: 2116 9719
Email: pau@rics.org

Remarks:

• The organiser reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the symposium at its discretion.
• No refund or cancellation will be accepted, but a substitute delegate is normally permitted. Please inform the organiser of your substitute delegate at least 5 days before the seminar.
• If a typhoon signal no. 8 or above, or black rainstorm warning is in force at least 3 hours before the programme is scheduled to begin, the seminar will be postponed until further notice. Otherwise, it will continue as scheduled.
• Registration will only be confirmed upon receipt of completed registration form and full payment.
• Upon completion of this event, a CPD certificate will be granted. A payment receipt along with the CPD certificate will be sent to you by email with 10 business days after the seminar.