Strategically growing the urban forest will improve our world

Nat Commun. 2018 Mar 21;9(1):1160. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03622-0.

Abstract

Growth in urban populations creates opportunities for urban forests to deliver ecosystem services critical to human wellbeing and biodiversity. Our challenge is to strategically expand urban forests and provide our international communities, particularly the vulnerable, with healthier, happier, and enriched lives.

MeSH terms

  • Biodiversity
  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Cities
  • Conservation of Natural Resources / trends*
  • Ecosystem
  • Forestry / organization & administration*
  • Forests*
  • Humans
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Quality of Life / psychology*
  • Recreation / psychology
  • Trees / physiology*
  • Urbanization

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Oxygen