FOR400Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Urban Forest, Sustainable Forest Management, Haida Heritage Centre
Document Summary
Specialized branch of forestry focused on well-being of people who lived in cities. Term was coined by a professor from the faculty of forestry from the university of. However, most of the career opportunities for forestry are not in toronto, and are rather in sault. But there are opportunities in the city. A single tree in an urban environment can have a large impact on a number of people. The us and canada have developed urban forest strategies. Ex: trees canada works with canadian urban forest strategy. Maintain over 4 million trees on public property. Budget was about 11 billion dollars in 2018. 5% of budget is accounted by parks, forestry and recreation. City of toronto investing in projects to engage urban dwellers in urban forestry. This is a strategy to bring more interest on urban forestry. The haida are the indigenous people of northwest coast of british columbia.
