The themes that will be treated during the forum will be linked with them of our company that since always try to sensitive, as the organisation of the forum recalls: “Institutes of research and academy, organisations not governmental, urbanists, urban forests, operators of arboriculture, landscape architectures, designer and professionals of many other sectors meet themselves. They want to exchange experiences and to discuss possible collaborations towards a development of urban forests strategies, identifying “nature based solutions” for a greener, healthier and happier future for everyone”.

Exchanges and comparisons about this theme are ongoing at a regional level for several years in Europe and in North America and, more recently it has been started in Pacific Asia and Latin America. The even more growing adhesion to the platform of virtual discussion FAO Trees for the Cities and the increase of forum, groups and blogs based on the theme, suggest in mature times to start a global process. It is finalised to improve communication and networking among professionals, scientists and local administrators that keep busy of the ambient aspects related to urban landscapes and peri-urban.

Among the specific aims of this 1st World Forum on Urban Forests:

• support the process of realisation of new urban Agenda (started during Habitat III in 2016) and optimise the actions related to the maintenance and reinforce of urban ecosystems and green spaces into cities;
• create an international meeting on the theme;
• reinforce the international marketing and create concrete opportunities of meeting, experiences exchange, and development of partnerships on theme of urban forests;
• launch the Mantua Green Cities Challenge, a program of international identification that celebrates cities that undertake a favourable context at a management of urban forests finalised to optimise benefits of trees in a city to a better quality of urban life in the world.

Aim of this Forum is to highlight positive examples of plan, project and management of urban green bring forward by cities of different cultures, shapes, structures and stories that used urban forests and green infrastructures for economic and environmental benefits. These are supplied in order to reinforce the social cohesion and the public engagement of urban communities in the management of cities.

Organisers:
FAO
Comune di Mantova
Polytechnique de Milan
SISEF

More information on: https://www.wfuf2018.com/it-ww/il-progetto.aspx