Our amazing Green Crew planted replacement trees last week! 🌳💚🌳
Green Crew is a workforce development program supported by @sfpublicworks.bsky.social that provides paid urban forestry jobs for young adults.
#sanfranciso #urbanforestry #urbanforests
#CarFree #Transit #PedestrianInfrastructure #BikeInfrastructure #SaferStreets #ClimateChange #UrbanPlanning #ClimateActionNOW #PhaseOutFossilFuels #PhaseOutNuclearEnergy #StreetsForKids #StreetsForPeople #CitiesForPeople #OpenStreets #Walkability #LiveableCities #UrbanForests #DitchTheCar #Healthier
6⃣ benefits of #UrbanTrees 👇
🍃 Cool air
🫁 Remove pollutants
🖤 Absorb carbon
🐞 Increase biodiversity
💚 Improve health
💱 Increase property value
#UrbanForests #WorldHealthDay
Your contribution can significantly enhance the scope and impact of this growing national resource.
#UrbanForests #India #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #GreenerCities #UrbanTrees
#SmartFor
PWSIt beats PWSIe for urban forest drought watch in humid Nanchang, nailing 64 % LE variance at 14–16 h 🌳🌡️
Details: www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/sma...
#urbanforests #waterstress #stressindex
A story about International Day of Forests is at arkansasipl.org under BLOG. Check out how our interns are involved in Food Forests. #TreeEquity #RootedInCommunity #UrbanForests #CatalystFund @americanforests.bsky.social
Planting 100 fruit trees today! March 21, 6900 Green Rd, Mabelvale. 9:30-3:00. Lunch provided. Bring closed toe shoes, reusable water bottle. Building community from the ground up. #TreeEquity #RootedInCommunity #CatalystFund #UrbanForests @americanforests.bsky.social
2/2 You can also access the walks via our overview map www.mining-landscapes.org/routes
and just tap the tree icons
#woodlandwalking #urbanforests
🚨Registration is now open for the
🌲28th European Forum on Urban Forestry 2026
🌳Diversity in Urban Forestry – bringing People, Trees and Ideas together
📍Malmö, Sweden; 🗓️26–29 May 2026
➡️Details: efuf.org
#UrbanForestry #ForestScience #ForestResearch #WeCantLiveWithoutForests #UrbanForests
👀 Think you have sharp eyes?
Try our Nature Spot-the-Difference Challenge! youtu.be/EzUfdsmBe2Q
For more information www.friendsareas.ca
🌲🦉🦌
#SpotTheDifference #NatureGames #BrainChallenge #WildlifeEducation #SaskatoonNature #LearningThroughPlay #UrbanForests
A weak sun hangs over an apartment photographed through Edmonton's river valley.
It's Another Mordor Sunrise...
staring slowly 'cross the sky,
I said goodbye,
The days go by.
(Popping Vitamin Ds and running faster than the 'yotes. Sigh.)
#scape #eastcoastkin #yeg #classicmono #bnw #yeg #blackandwhite #photography #forestfriday #urbanforests
I feel proud to see that #Toronto is still on the list 💚 🌳
… despite losing many thousands of trees due to Emerald Ash Borer and winter ice storms.
#UrbanForests
Meanwhile #Ottawa's record of destroyed #urbanforests continues to grow:
#QueenJulianaPark
#ExperimentalFarm (part of a designated #NationalHistoricSite )
#HuntClubForest
#Tewin (last ditch attempts)
#McCarthyWoods (latest)
#climateaction is different from #climatetalk, no ?
One thing Polish State Forests are consistent at is chop chop chop chipping away at #LasMokrzański the lungs of Wrocław. #urbanforests
Urban forests store LESS carbon than rural ones!
Our new review in Carbon Research reveals how urbanization disrupts soil carbon stability, from reduced microbial activity to altered carbon fractions.
#Urbanization #SoilCarbon #ClimateChange #UrbanForests #Sustainability
doi.org/10.1007/s442...
Urban forests store LESS carbon than rural ones!
Our new review in Carbon Research reveals how urbanization disrupts soil carbon stability, from reduced microbial activity to altered carbon fractions.
#Urbanization #SoilCarbon #ClimateChange #UrbanForests #Sustainability
doi.org/10.1007/s442...
🌳 Cities thrive when nature thrives. #UrbanForests and other #Nature-basedSolutions cool streets, clean air, and boost biodiversity. WWF highlights how cities are making it happen.
Learn more: youtu.be/PutoHFs1EDs?...
We published this open letter on #UrbanForests as essential(!!) infrastructure for climate resilience & biodiversity aimed at policymakers at #COP30.
4🗝️priorities🧵👇
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @fornalab.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
@westsyduhie.bsky.social
An overhead view of a complex arrangement of trees and vegetation amidst tall buildings in a busy urban setting.
In their Open Letter, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, et al. highlight the importance of #UrbanForests as essential infrastructure to policy makers at #COP30, which begins today in Brazil 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#NatureBasedSolutions #PlantScience 🧵
Happy to contribute to this open letter on #UrbanForests as essential infrastructure. With recent federal climate cuts in #Canada, it’s time to rethink priorities. Thanks to Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez.
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
@cef-cfr.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Lifer! White Wagtail at #Anandvan #urbanforests in Pune, #India. Also a first sighting of the bird in that area.
#birds
#birdphotography
#India
#Canon
#Nature
Field trip day! 🌳 Our Urban Forestry course is out in the field …Dominic, a master’s student in the lab, is leading a session on #tree plantation pits at our living lab site, where we’re testing 9 structural pit designs with the city. #UrbanForestry #FieldLearning #urbanforests
Autumn’s got me walking slower…taking it all in 🍂🍁
#urbanforests #trees #fall #nature #fallcolors #autumnvibes
In the 8th episode of the Nature-Based Therapy Podcast, Johan Östberg speaks with international urban forestry expert and FAO retiree Simone Borelli. They explore how #urbanforests and #greenspaces support #health, #wellbeing, and #climateresilience.
Listen now: resonate-horizon.eu/news/podcast/.
#UrbanForests - little ones. Plant.
The correlation and driving factors between #Trait-basedFunctionalDiversity (FD) ♾️ #TreeSpeciesEcologicalMultifunctionality (TS-EMF) → urban and suburban gradients
Results:
The formation of #UrbanForests TS-EMF 🟰 traits ➕ FD ➕ environmental factors
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
@lauradee.bsky.social #urbanforests #urbantrees #functionaltraits
New paper
We explored how urban planning shapes urban forests in cities across southern Brazil using Planet imagery + landscape metrics .
#UrbanForests #RemoteSensing #UrbanPlanning #EcosystemServices #PlanetImagery #LandscapeEcology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
