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Urban forestry is the planting and management of all trees and woodland
in towns and cities. It is the collective terms for all the individual
trees in streets, gardens and parks as well as existing woodland, areas
of natural regeneration and new planting. Trees in towns can help to
improve the quality of life in a number of ways : they make a major
contribution to sustainable development. Greener towns and cities are
also more attractive and so trees are an important aid to urban regeneration.
The UK's National Urban Forestry Unit was set up in 1995. It is a charitable
organisation, currently part-sponsored by government. It works to raise
awareness of the positive contribution which trees make to the quality
of life in towns.
It champions urban and community forestry to those tackling such issues
as public health, leisure and recreation, land recalamtion, built development,
heritage and education.
The National Urban Forestry Unit is involved in a variety of activities,
including demonstration projects, advisory work, training, the organisation
og conferences and seminars and the production of publications to ensure
that practice in urban forestry continues to be improved and that it
is widely known, understood and applied.
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