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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Partners, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The <i>Trees and their socio-ecological effects</i> (<i>Arbres et leurs effets socio-écologiques</i>, TreeSEE/ArbES) research partnership of the University of Toronto, Canada, brings to your attention two articles entitled: “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105154">A content analysis of urban forest management plans in Canada: Changes in social-ecological objectives over time</a>”; and “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105168">Gaps in the implementation of urban forest management plans across Canadian cities</a>”, both recently published in the journal <i>Landscape and Urban Planning</i>. Just click on the links! The articles are Open Access and free to download.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In this work, we update <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.007">previous research</a> on urban forest management plans (UFMPs) in Canada, which looked at plans when these were older and less in number. We also fill the research gap regarding how UFMPs are being implemented. We do this by analysing the content of 74 UFMPs in as many Canadian cities as well as the views of urban forest managers regarding UFMP implementation collected through an online survey delivered across Canada (n=118 responses). This helped addressed the following questions: 1) how did the content of UFMPs changed over time?; 2) what was the influence of the social-ecological characteristics of municipalities on this content?; 3) by how much are UFMP objectives being achieved?; and 4) what are the outcomes of having a UFMP?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We found that UFMPs contain ideas related to not just trees but also the broader environment, urban planning, engineering, development, and communities. However, while UFMPs contain a lot of ideas related to climate change, management objectives related to climate change are either not included in the plans, or not being implemented, or both. UFMP implementation is advancing, with plans almost 50% implemented. Moreover, this implementation was not related to municipal characteristics like size, type of municipality, or language of community (i.e., which in Canada means, at the broadest level, the difference between French and English communities), suggesting that Canadian municipalities have shared experiences in urban forestry. While increasing financial resources is an expected outcome of having an UFMP, there are also other diverse and complementary outcomes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This information has practical applications for urban nature, nature-based solutions (NBS), urban green infrastructure (GI), climate change adaptation, and urban biodiversity. These include:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- support business case for planting more urban trees and maintaining them<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- develop management considerations for biodiversity conservation and community stewardship in urban forestry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- consider climate change adaptation in urban forestry more carefully by conducting vulnerability assessments<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- highlight UFMPs as powerful management tools for a climate resilient and sustainable future in cities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We highlight the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of this work. This partnership involved many researchers representing various disciplines and working at various universities across Canada, as well as professionals working in cities, specifically those usually who developed and implement UFMPs. They all helped design the study and interpret its results. It is our career effort to integrate, diversify, and expand scientific and professional knowledge through collaborative approaches.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please forward any inquiries about this work to the co-authors, emails attached, or simply “reply to all”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your attention. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img border=0 width=363 height=77 style='width:3.7797in;height:.8035in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DAE030.8C7E9950"></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>University of Toronto, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>In collaboration with:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Dalhousie University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Regional Municipality of York<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ville de Laval<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>more recent publications: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ordóñez et al. (2024) <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118445"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Having a tree in front of one’s home is associated with greater subjective wellbeing in adult residents in Melbourne, Australia, and Toronto, Canada</span></a>. <i>Environmmental Research </i>[OPEN Access]</span><span lang=PT-BR style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Conway et al. (2024) <span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2355272"><span style='color:#0070C0'>Comparison of Canadian urban forest perceptions indicates variations in beliefs and trust across geographic settings</span></a></span>. <i>Ecosystems and People </i></span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>[OPEN Access]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ordóñez et al. (2023) <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00119-8"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Satisfaction with urban trees associates with tree canopy cover and tree visibility around the home</span></a>. <i>npj Urban Sustainability </i>[OPEN Access]<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:14.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt'><i><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>I acknowledge this land operates as the traditional land of the Anishinabe of the Algonquin Nation. This is still the home to many First Nations, Inuit and Métis people and I am grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. </span></i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>