Municipalities across the United States have varied available resources to manage urban
forests, resulting in substantial differences in urban forestry services and outcomes. This …

In most urban areas, residents have regularly occurring experiences of the trees around
them. They interact with trees based on those experiences, as well as their own personal …

Abstract Cities in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and around the world are
setting long-term greening goals that include planting more trees and increasing green …

Urban forest professionals struggle with public recognition and a clear identity in spite of
growing demand for their expertise. No single credential or professional support system …

Despite the mounting imperative for managers to help forests adapt to the rapidly shifting
climate and related stressors, significant gaps remain between recommendations for …

Background Urban forestry is an emerging profession, yet its professional identity is not
clearly defined, nor does it have the full complement of support mechanisms commonly …

Climate change-related challenges faced by forest managers are ecological, economic, and
social in nature. While several past assessments have looked at the climate-related …

In the northeastern US, climate change concerns are fueling public movements against
forest harvesting, despite experts' assertion that harvesting is an important tool in climate …

City leaders are setting ambitious plans to achieve critical urban sustainability goals such as
reducing urban heat, mitigating flooding during storms, and conserving biodiversity, and …

Community-based forest management takes myriad forms, including community forestry,
urban and community forestry, and joint forest management. These variations are all …