The State Government’s WA Tree Recovery program was announced in August 2024. The program was established to replant thousands of trees affected by polyphagous shot-hole borer across Perth. Source: Timberbiz
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (the department) is working closely with local governments and the State Government to replant thousands of trees affected by polyphagous shot-hole borer.
Shot-hole borer burrows deep in trees, causing dieback and tree death. There is no known chemical treatment anywhere in the world that can kill shot-hole borer once established; tree removal and pruning is the only option to reduce the spread.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is leading the unprecedented emergency biosecurity response to manage shot-hole borer, with the pest likely to have significant impact on WA’s urban canopy if it becomes established.
Funding of $7.2 million over four years will be available to local government and State Government-owned lands, as well as to residential landowners, to replant trees that have been removed.
The department is managing the delivery of the WA Tree Recovery program.
