Many of the world’s major cities have implemented tree planting programs based on assumed environmental and social benefits of urban forests. Recent studies have increasingly tested these assumptions and provide empirical evidence for the contributions of tree planting programs, as well as their feasibility and limits, for solving or mitigating urban environmental and social issues.
Click below to read more of this perspective paper co authored by UDP Professor Marina Alberti
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.603757/full