Links dedicated to studying, preserving, expanding and establishing the
urban forest
http://www.urbanforest.on.net/index.html The Southern Australian
Urban Forest Biodiversity
Program
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/syracuse/
New York studies of
the urban ecosystem. This contains
links to other USDA
Forest Service research projects
http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/ufchome.htm
The Urban
Forests Centre's goal is to promote the
protection
and enhancement of treed areas and
greenspaces
in urban environments and inhabited landscapes
across Canada.
http://www.forest.org/resources/choices/urbanforest/urbanforest.html
Vancouver's
civic government became acutely aware of the
importance of trees after the Clouds of Change report was presented in 1990
by the Greater Vancouver Regional District Task Force on Atmospheric
Change.
It spawned new programs and a new emphasis on preserving and enhancing the
city's tree population.
http://www.fw.vt.edu/vufc/mission.html
The Virginia
Urban Forest Council is a private, non-profit
organization whose mission is to "enhance the quality of life through
stewardship of our Commonwealth's urban and community forests".
http://www.blackcountryurbanforest.org.uk/blackcountry.htm
A major
UK project in Urban Forestry
http://www.fuf.net/
Friends
of the Urban Forest, San Francisco's citizen
urban
forestry organization, is committed to the belief
that
trees are a critical element of a livable urban environment.
http://www.treepeople.org/trees/
Planning a living watershed in Los Angeles
Links on the esthetic effects of urban flora
http://www.oregonflora.org/ofn/v5n2/urban.html
"A
flower is an exquisite thing, beautiful and delicate, a
harbinger of hope for the green world that lets us all
survive." Karl Urban