Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22572
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Reuters release obtained online via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Cites forestry researcher who reports that many countries are wasting millions of dollars planting trees because of myths that forests help improve water flows and offset erosion.
12 pages., via online journal., Similar to other parts of the world, European society is becoming increasingly urban, both in a physical as in an economic and socio-cultural sense. As a result, the relationships between society and nature, including forests, are changing, and forestry as structural intervention in forest ecosystems has had to adapt itself to changing societal pressures and demands. The planning and managing of woodlands in and near urban areas has been the most directly affected by the urbanisation process. Many European countries have a long tradition of ‘town forestry’, serving as basis for current developments in urban forestry, i.e. the planning and management of all forest and tree resources in and near urban areas for the benefit of local society. Through the adaptation to the specific demands of local urban societies, a type of forestry has emerged which is structurally different from classic forestry. It focuses, for example, on the social and environmental values of urban woodlands rather than on wood production and emphasising the importance of communication — ranging from information to participation/power sharing — between stakeholders. This paper investigates ways to communicate urban forests and forestry to urban inhabitants and other stakeholders, based on results of a comparative study of main European cities. It explores the role which urban forestry has been playing in the development of forestry at large, especially with regards to better incorporating changing social values and interests.
Francis, Charles A. (author / University of Nebraska), King, James W. (author / University of Nebraska), Skelton, Peter (author / University of Nebraska), Josiah, Scott J. (author / University of Nebraska), Brandle, James R. (author / University of Nebraska), and Helmers, Glen A. (author / University of Nebraska)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30391
