Urban reforestation
Urban reforestation is the practice of
Benefits
Reasons for practicing urban reforestation include urban
Urban reforestation may also be effective because it does not require the purchase of a large piece of land to execute. [8]
Programs
Australia
The Urban Reforestation organization in Australia is a grassroots organization that focuses on sustainable living in urban places.[2]
United States
Large scale urban reforestation programs in the United States include New York City's Million Tree Initiative[9] and TreePeople in Los Angeles, which planted 1 million trees in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics and continued planting thereafter.[1] In 2022, Boston announced a new forestry division to grow the tree canopy within the city.[10]
Grassroots efforts include Friends of the Urban Forest in San Francisco, which advocates for the planting of street trees.[1]
In California, there are government funded programs such as the
Climate change
Most cities have the potential to use urban reforestation as a means of combating climate change.[13] Urban reforestation can also contribute to lowering energy consumption.[13]
Concerns
Urban reforestation efforts compete for money and urban land that could be used for other purposes. For example, effort placed in planting new trees can take away from maintenance of already established trees.
Urban reforestation projects may also lack support in neighborhoods where environmentalist groups do not sufficiently involve residents in planning and decision-making, particularly when white environmentalists are conducting projects in communities of color, as noted in a 2014 report by
See also
References
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- ^ Abel, David; Anderson, Travis (21 September 2022). "Wu announces forestry division to preserve and expand tree canopy in Boston - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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- ^ Mock, Brentin (11 January 2019). "Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Goldman, Jason G. (22 January 2019). "Do-Gooders Should Survey Communities First". Scientific American. Retrieved 25 January 2023.