Description:
Join us for a one-day conference exploring complex and shared sustainability challenges for urban forests in the Western US from diverse perspectives. Connect with your colleagues, learn from experts, and share your insights.
Given the complexity of real-world problems involving people and nature, urban forestry initiatives depend on broad contributions from many different people and sources of knowledge. At Trees in the West, residents, practitioners, policymakers, scientists, and others will take part in conversations about important issues for urban and community forests in a region with special natural and cultural heritages.
This year's sessions will examine the role of urban forestry in building social equity. Despite being considered public goods, urban forests are not distributed fairly in most communities, heightening the vulnerability of some residents to environmental problems like air pollution and extreme heat. At this year's event, we will discover some of the causes, consequences, and possible responses to inequities in urban forests.
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