Urban spaces

Two-thirds of the world’s population are expected to live in urban areas by 2050. Aware of the role of trees in urban life, it is becoming increasingly important to promote urban forestry. In this article, Zhimin Wu, Director of the Forestry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), explains the challenges of urban forestry. He also looks at the situation in Africa. Sierra Leone in particular.

The One Forest Summit was an important moment of mobilization by allowing a unity of time and place around a crucial issue, that of forests. The Climate Chance Association brought several messages about ecological connectivity and the need to provide African countries with endogenous financial resources. If the international commitments and the convergence of points of view seem to be taken into account, it is now urgent to direct these flows towards the populations by defining priorities for concerted action.