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Commonwealth NGOs
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 National Urban Forestry Unit
The Science Park
Stafford Road
Wolverhampton WV10 9RT
U.K.
Email: info@nufu.org.uk
Website: www.nufu.org.uk
Type: NGO
Scope: national
Interest in Forestry: central
Description
National Urban Forestry Unit
Urban forestry is the planting and management of all trees and woodland in towns and cities. The urban
forest is made up of all the trees and woods in towns and cities. It is the collective term for all
the individual trees in streets, gardens and parks as well as existing woodland, areas of natural regeneration
and new planting. Trees in towns can help to improve the quality of life in a number of ways:
they make a major contribution to sustainable development. Greener towns and cities are also more attractive
and so trees are an important aid to urban regeneration.
The UK`s National Urban Forestry Unit was set up in 1995. It is a charitable organisation which works
to raise awareness of the positive contribution that trees make to the quality of life in towns.
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