Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views
A Sydney gardener has been fined $187,500 for illegally clearing 287 native trees from public land to improve the water views of a harbourside mansion. The court described the act as significant environmental vandalism that also damaged an Aboriginal midden.
The native forest canopy that was cleared had stood since at least 1943 and included an ‘estuarine swamp oak endangered ecological community’. Photograph: supplied by Lane Cove council The native forest canopy that was cleared had stood since at least 1943 and included an ‘estuarine swamp oak endangered ecological community’. Photograph: supplied by Lane Cove council New South Wales Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views Local council described incident as ‘worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history’
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