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Guidelines for developing and evaluating tree ordinances
More and more communities are beginning to recognize the very tangible benefits that trees provide in the urban environment. Healthy trees reduce air and noise pollution, provide energy-saving shade and cooling, furnish habitat for wildlife, enhance aesthetics and property values, and are an important contributor to
community image, pride, and quality of life. Furthermore, many communities have realized that in order to protect and enhance their valuable tree resources, it is useful to view and manage their trees as a cohesive unit, the community or urban forest.
Tree ordinances are among the tools used by communities striving to attain a healthy, vigorous, and well managed community forest. By themselves, however, tree ordinances cannot assure that the trees in and around our communities will be improved or even maintained. Tree ordinances simply provide the authorization and standards for management activities. If these activities are not integrated into an overall management strategy, problems are likely to arise. Without an overall strategy, management will be
haphazard, inefficient, and ineffective, and the community forest will suffer.
Type of Tool
Guidelines manual kits for trainers
Guidelines manual kits for trainers
Scale of Application
Forest Management Unit
Forest Management Unit
Region
Global
Global
Biome
All
All
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
All
All
Management Responsibility
All
All