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        Introduction to Natural Areas
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            Introduction to Natural Areas

            Learn what we mean by "natural areas," where they are, and how they are cared for.
            8 Articles in this category

              Urban Nature Stats: Metrics and Data on Forested Natural Areas from the 17-City Forests in Cities Network

              The following report shares selected metrics about urban forested natural areas across the Forests in Cities Network based on data collected in 2021. T o get an in-depth understanding of how urban forested natural areas are managed across the Fores...

              The Care of Forested Natural Areas in American Cities

              Natural areas account for 84% of urban parkland. Despite representing the largest concentration of nature in cities, natural areas often go unnoticed, underused, under resourced and unprotected. Organizations across the United States have been pion...

              Realizing the Potential of Urban Forests

              In October 2019, urban forested natural area practitioners gathered in New York City to share and compare their strategies for management, the first Forests in Cities workshop. As part of the Forest in Cities Workshop, 12 cities across the United St...

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              Do you have a resource that complements the Forests in Cities resource library? If you can answer yes to the following questions, we would love to include it in our library. Does your resource relate to forested natural areas within cities, rather...

              Forests in Cities Network: Fact Sheet

              This fact sheet introduces the topic of forested natural areas to people unfamiliar with the concept, and describes forests from the 12 cities in the Forests in Cities Network . In a nutshell, this resource offers: A description of the many soci...

              Forests in Cities: The Importance of Forested Natural Areas Across the U.S.

              Across the United States, there are more than one million acres of forests embedded in urban landscapes. “Forested natural areas” are distinct from other parts of the urban forest, like street and park trees in terms of size, biodiversity, species c...

              Vibrant Cities Lab

              The Vibrant Cities Lab, created by American Forests in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC), provides a single online hub for all of the best tools and technical information for urb...

              Urban Forests for Human Health: A Summary

              This article is a high-level summary of a meta-analysis, Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review . This summary examines the connection between human health outcomes and trees in the city, drawing upon 201 studies that looked at topics like ...
              The Forests in Cities Network is a national network dedicated to promoting and advancing healthy forested natural areas in cities across America through science, management, partnerships, and communications. The Forests in Cities Network was created in 2019 by the Natural Areas Conservancy.
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