1. Welcome and Good Morning

2. Urban Forestry and it’s Importance
A term paper on Silviculture
Presenter:
Tara Pd. Shiwakoti
Roll No: 4

3. Presentation Outline
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Introduction
Component of Urban Forestry
Importance of Urban Forestry
Urban Forestry in Global context
Urban Forestry in Nepal
Conclusion
Major Challenges

4. Introduction
• The art, science, and technology of managing trees and
forest resources in and around urban community
ecosystems for the physiological, sociological,
economic, and aesthetic benefits trees provide society
(Helms 1998, based on Miller 1997).
• The “national forestry action programme” (NFAP) of
South Africa defines urban forestry as an integrated
approach, where the planting, care and management
of trees in urban and peri-urban areas is undertaken in
order to secure economic, environmental and social
benefits for urban dwellers.

5. Component of Urban Forestry
• Arboriculture: Focuses on planting, cultivation, and health
management of the urban trees
• Arbor ecology: Create, enhance habitat for human and other
biological organisms
• Arbor economics: Deals with monetary aspect of urban
forestry
• Arbor planning: It determine what future needs of the urban
forest will be
• Arbor sociology: It looks at trees as means of improving the
quality of urban life

6. Importance
• Social Benefit: Recreation opportunity, Improvement of home
and work environment etc.
• Aesthetic and Architectural Benefit
• Climatic and Physical Benefit: Cooling and wind control, Air
pollution reduction
• Ecological Benefit: Bio-tops for flora and fauna in urban
environment
• Economic Benefit: Value of market price benefit, increase
property value
• Helps to deal with the recent climate change issues

7. Urban Forestry in Global Context
• It was develop in 1960s in North America as
an innovative approach to manage urban
ecology, in Europe during 1990s
• The total economic value of water
conservation provided by Beijing’s forests was
US$ 0.63 billion, and the economic benefit per
hectare was equal to US$ 688 (Biao et al.
2010).

8. Urban Forestry in Nepal
• Urban forestry in Nepal is still at a primitive
stage
• 17% of the population lives in urban areas of
Nepal (CBS, 2011)
• Rate of urban growth is 6.5% per annum, is
highest in South Asia (MoEST, 2001).
• High importance of Urban Forestry for the
better management of urban ecosystem.

9. Conclusion
• High Potentialities of Urban Forestry
• Urban Forestry can be effective only through
public, private and local people’s partnership
• Status of Urban Forestry is poor and
unsystematic
• The greenery in the surrounding is decreasing
due to unplanned urbanization

10. Major Challenge
• Don’t have appropriate plan, program and
activities for the promotion of Urban Forestry
• Policies lacking
• Obtaining and maintaining public support and
funding
• Lack of coordination and cooperation
• Inadequate research on ecological, socioeconomic
and management aspects of forestry practices in
urban areas .

11. Thank you