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Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit

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Inland Urban Forest Council

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Category
  • Planning Projects
  • Managing and Monitoring Projects
  • Engaging Local Communities
Region

Global, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa

Can be adapted for use globally; Developed originally for North American cities

Forest Level

Inner Forest

Resource Type

Guidance and Framework

Language

English

Cost

Free

Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit

Launched in 2011; Updated in 2016

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Why Use the Tool

The Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit provides a step-by-step guide to designing and implementing an urban forest management plan. The main steps include understanding the local vision, creating an inventory of the current state of the urban forest, proposing a strategic plan, initiating an implementation plan, and starting a monitoring plan. In addition, it ensures that the final management plan includes an adaptive management perspective to keep updating the workplan with new input.

Recommended Tool

Cities4Forests recommends the Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit as it is self-guided, has been tested and recommended by urban forestry experts, and can be easily tailored to meet local contexts. Since the toolkit itself does not offer support to users, Cities4Forests encourages city officials to work with urban forestry experts to develop their local management plans.

Input Data Required

The toolkit suggests 18 tasks to create a management plan, including collecting inventories and assessments of the area’s urban forests.

Outputs

Workplan and urban forest management plan, plus strategies for adaptive management.

Past Use Cases

Examples from around the United States, including San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Read more here.

Supporting Partners

California Urban Forest Council, CAL FIRE, & USDA Forest Service

Contact

Nancy Humenik Sappington, President of Inland Urban Forest Council & Certified Arborist: nrhsappington@me.com

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