Unlocking the Potential of Urban Forests: Developing a Local Urban Forestry Action Plan

A new publication from the uforest project provides guidelines for developing local Urban Forestry Action Plans.

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Urban forestry in Milan.
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Urban forests are crucial contributors to greener, healthier, more resilient and liveable cities. They provide an efficient nature-based solution to many environmental challenges, while also benefiting human’s health and wellbeing. However, the implementation of urban forestry solutions is still facing many barriers. Today there is the need to stimulate urban forestry approaches and to further explore innovation in this sector.

Produced by the Uforest partnership, this publication provides guidelines for developing a local Urban Forestry Action Plan. Based on an overview of the status and benefits of urban forestry, this document gives an overview of the enormous potential of urban forestry to address social, economic, and environmental challenges in cities.

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Etifor is a spin-off of the University of Padua that provides international consulting services to help organisations grasp the full value of the products and services provided by nature. The Etifor team improves the economic, environmental and social benefits of policies, projects and investments through applied science, proactive innovation and good governance and works with national and international clients.