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About the Community

The FAO Forestry Department hosts the “Forests and Trees for Healthy Cities: Improving Livelihoods and Environment for All” online Community. This platform allows stakeholders to work together on issues in urban and peri-urban forestry of common interest to the Community.

 

The Spanish version of FAO Interactive website on Urban and Peri-urban Forestry is co-managed with the kind contribution of IPES-Promotion of Sustainable Development (IPES-Promoción del Desarrollo Sostenible).

IPES-Promotion of Sustainable Development, Lima, Perú: Gunther Merzthal, Coordinator for Latin American and the Caribbean Region on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (gunther@ipes.org.pe)

 

The following institutions actively collaborate with FAO and its Programme on Urban and Peri-urban Forestry. (Alphabetical order)

 

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Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), Urban Forestry Research Center, State Forestry Administration, Beijing, Chine: Wang Cheng, Professor of Urban Forest (wangcheng@forestry.ac.cn)

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Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, University of Copenhagen (DCFLP), Frederiksberg, Denmark: Kjell Nilsson, Deputy Director (kjni@life.ku.dk)

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European Urban Forestry Research and Information Centre (EUFORIC), Copenhagen, Denmak: Jasper Schipperijn (jsc@life.ku.dk), Cecil Konijnendijk (cck@life.ku.dk) and Fabio Salbitano (fabio.salbitano@unifi.it)

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Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia: Noor Azlin Yahya Ecotourism, Urban Forestry Programme (azlin@frim.gov.my)

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French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Montpellier, France: Jean-Noël Marien, Forestry Resources and Public Policies (marien@cirad.fr)

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International Development Research Centre (IDRC-LA Uruguay), Montevideo, Uruguay: Walter Ubal,  Giordano, Senior Program Specialist for the Urban Poverty and Environment Programme (wubal@idrc.org.uy) or general email address (upe@idrc.ca)

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International Network of Resource Centers on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation), the Netherlands: Marielle Dubbeling, Global coordinator RUAF-From Seed to Table Programme (m.dubbeling@etcnl.nl)

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) – Research Group on Urban Forestry, Frederiksberg, Denmark: Cecil Konijnendijk, Coordinator of the Research Group on Urban Forestry (cecil@woodscape-consult.com)

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University of Florence, Departmennt of Science and Technologies of Forest Environment (DISTAF), Florence, Italy:  Fabio Salbitano, Professor (fabio.salbitano@unifi.it)

 

 

The FAO Urban Forestry Community works with the FAO Multidisciplinary Area “Food for the Cities”, a FAO interdepartmental working group concerned with urban issues related to food security and sustainable development.

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Latest Publications

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Article for the World Forest Week/COFO 2009: "A Green Vision for Our Cities", English, Spanish, French and Chinese versions available

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Proceedings of the meeting Trees Connecting People: in Action Together, 2009

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WISDOM for Cities -FAO Study on Wood energy and Urbanization, 2008

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Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry List of FAO Publications (2000- 2007)

 
 
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