Arboriculture practices have the potential to negatively impact the natural environment,
including through the pruning or removal of trees with cavities or hollows, the misuse of …

Volunteers comprise an important part of arboriculture and urban forestry organizations.
While attention is often paid to community members' motivations, comparatively less …

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 …

Codes of ethics (COEs) play an important role in outlining an association's ethical
expectations of its membership. Diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in arboriculture have …

When working with urban trees, arborists can negatively impact urban wildlife. There have
been recent efforts to strengthen wildlife protection and conservation during arboricultural …

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 …

Skilled, interdisciplinary professionals rely upon research and information sharing to remain
knowledgeable. The management of the urban forest is an ever-evolving discipline, and …

Environmental management in urban spaces involves creative problem-solving with regard
for public communication, economics, and socio-political dynamics. As post-secondary …

Urban forests are recognized as a nature-based solution providing myriad ecosystem
services addressing the sustainability challenges faced by cities. This dissertation …

Urban forests are becoming more critical as climate-induced disasters and disturbances
tend to increase and affect cities. Forest managers are the responsible technical people on …