<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium;min-height:100%"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-a4O" style="width:1228.8px"><div class="gmail-nH" style=""><div class="gmail-nH gmail-bkL"><div class="gmail-no" style="float:left;display:flex;width:1228.79px"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-bkK gmail-nn" style="min-height:1px;float:left;overflow:hidden;width:985.783px"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-ar4 gmail-z"><div class="gmail-aeI"><div class="gmail-AO" style=""><div id="gmail-:3" class="gmail-Tm gmail-aeJ" style="padding-right:0px;background:none;overflow-y:scroll;height:492px"><div id="gmail-:1" class="gmail-aeF" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:bottom;min-height:301.52px"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-g"><table class="gmail-Bs gmail-nH gmail-iY gmail-bAt" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing:0px;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:900.79px;display:block"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-Bu gmail-bAn" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px;display:block;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-if" style="margin:0px 16px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-aHU" style=""><div class="gmail-nH gmail-hx" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34);min-width:502px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-h7 gmail-ie gmail-nH gmail-oy8Mbf" tabindex="-1" style="clear:both;padding-bottom:0px;max-width:100000px;outline:none"><div class="gmail-Bk" style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;width:884.48px;float:none"><div class="gmail-G3 gmail-G2" style="padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left:0px;border-top:none;border-radius:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div id="gmail-:aq"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:812.48px"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:at" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:as" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_2790332259375969122gmail-intro" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(98,91,81)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:800">Tree Cities of the World</span> programme is an international effort to recognize cities and towns committed to ensuring that their urban forests and trees are properly maintained, sustainably managed, and duly celebrated.  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to roll out this new programme, with assistance from the Society of Municipal Arborists and others.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(98,91,81)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Tree Cities of the World programme will help to connect cities around the world in a new network dedicated to sharing and adopting the most successful approaches to managing community trees and forests.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(98,91,81)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(98,91,81)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">In this time of climate change, trees will remain at the front line of defense in keeping or making our cities more liveable.  This program should appeal to city leaders and elected officials who want to see their city known for its urban forestry programme's contribution to international efforts to combat climate change.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;line-height:1.5rem;color:rgb(98,91,81)">To be recognized as a Tree City, a community must meet <a href="https://treecitiesoftheworld.org/standards.cfm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(14,123,139);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px">five core standards</a> that illustrate a commitment to caring for its trees and forest. I urge all urban foresters to review the information on the Arbor Day web-site; <a href="https://applications.arborday.org/community/treecitiesoftheworld/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(14,123,139);box-si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