The City of Canning has voted to incentivise local residents to preserve significant trees on their private property.

City of Canning Mayor Patrick Hall explained to 6PR Breakfast hosts Millsy and Karl how the council plans to reward owners of very old, large native trees with a payment of $200 per tree per annum.

However, many of the details and logistics still need to be finalised.

“I was the one person that voted against it, but not because I don’t like trees, really about the governance of it, there were just too many questions for me that were unanswered,” he said.

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