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<strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Cities in Canada are Recognized through Tree Cites of the World Programme</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cities in Canada are Among the First to be Celebrated for Excellence in City Forestry</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ottawa, Canada (February 5, 2020)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> — Nine cities in Canada have been honored with </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://treecitiesoftheworld.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Tree
Cities of the World</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> recognition by the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.fao.org/home/en/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (FAO) and the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.arborday.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Arbor
Day Foundation</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. These cities are among the first around the world to be recognized for their commitment to urban forestry management.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Tree Cities of the World programme is a partnership of FAO and the Arbor Day Foundation that began in 2019. Its shared vision is to connect cities around the world in a new network dedicated to adopting
the most successful approaches to managing urban trees and forests. To earn this recognition, each city met five core standards for urban forest management.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“We are proud to be the Canadian partner in Arbor Day’s Tree Cities of the World programme. Tree Canada believes in taking tangible steps to increase the tree canopy cover in cities across the country,”
says Danielle St-Aubin, CEO of Tree Canada. “We applaud the participating Canadian cities; they are showing their commitment to improving lives where people live and breathe.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Trees provide multiple benefits to a city when properly planted and maintained. They help to improve visual appeal, increase property values, reduce home cooling costs, remove air pollutants and provide
wildlife habitat, among many other benefits.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“We congratulate the first cities to be recognized for 2019, our inaugural year,” said Hiroto Mitsugi, assistant director general, FAO. “Together, these Tree Cities form a new global network of urban
forestry leaders that share the same values for city trees and forests. We are proud to recognize these cities for their actions toward healthier, greener places to live.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Edmonton, Halifax and Toronto are among </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://treecitiesoftheworld.org/tree-cities.cfm?chosen=CAN"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">nine
recognized Canadian cities</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> participating in the programme.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Les villes du Canada sont reconnues par le biais du programme Tree Cities of the World</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Les villes du Canada sont parmi les premières célébrées pour leur excellence en foresterie urbaine</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ottawa, Canada (le 5 février 2020)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> – Neuf villes canadiennes ont été reconnues par le biais du programme <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tree
Cities of the World</span></em> par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et la Fondation <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Arbor Day</span></em>. Ces villes sont parmi les premières au monde à être reconnues
pour leur engagement dans la gestion de la foresterie urbaine.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Le programme Tree Cities of the World est un partenariat de la FAO et de la Fondation Arbor Day qui a débuté en 2019. Leur vision commune est de connecter les villes du monde entier à un nouveau réseau
dédié à l'adoption des approches les plus efficaces pour gérer les arbres et les forêts urbaines. Pour mériter cette reconnaissance, chaque ville a satisfait à cinq normes fondamentales de gestion des forêts urbaines.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">« Nous sommes fiers d’être le partenaire canadien du programme Tree Cities of the World de la Fondation Arbor Day.</span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Arbres
Canada est convaincu qu’il faut agir de manière concrète afin de renforcer le couvert forestier des villes à travers le pays », explique Danielle St-Aubin, directrice générale d’Arbres Canada. « Nous félicitons les villes canadiennes participantes qui prouvent
leur engagement envers l’amélioration des vies de leurs habitants là où ils vivent et respirent. »</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Les arbres offrent de multiples avantages à une ville lorsqu’ils sont bien plantés et entretenus. Ils contribuent à améliorer l’attrait visuel d’une ville, à augmenter la valeur des propriétés, à réduire
les coûts de climatisation des maisons, à éliminer les polluants dans l’air et à fournir un habitat à la faune, parmi de nombreux autres avantages.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">« Nous félicitons les premières villes reconnues pour 2019, notre année inaugurale », a déclaré Hiroto Mitsugi, directeur général adjoint de la FAO. «Ensemble, ces <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tree
Cities</span></em> forment un nouveau réseau mondial de chefs de file de la foresterie urbaine qui partagent les mêmes valeurs pro arbres et forêts dans les villes. Nous sommes fiers de reconnaître ces villes pour leurs actions qui aident à créer des lieux
plus sains et plus verts. »</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Edmonton, Halifax et Toronto figurant parmi les </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://treecitiesoftheworld.org/tree-cities.cfm?chosen=CAN"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">neuf
villes canadiennes reconnues</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> qui participent au programme.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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