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TreePeople was founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by an 18-year-old activist Andy Lipkis. [2] Lipkis and a group of other teenagers began planting trees three years prior at summer camp in the San Bernardino Mountains. [2] Lipkis heard that smog from Los Angeles was drifting up to the mountains and killing the forest. He rallied his fellow campers ...
Urban forest inequity, also known as shade inequity or tree canopy inequity, [1] is the inequitable distribution of trees, with their associated benefits, across metropolitan areas. [2] This phenomenon has a number of follow-on effects, including but not limited to measurable impacts on faunal biodiversity and the urban heat island effect.
Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In many countries there is a growing understanding of the importance of the natural ecology in urban forests. There are numerous projects underway aimed at restoration and preservation of ecosystems, ranging from simple elimination of leaf-raking and elimination of invasive plants to full-blown reintroduction of original species and riparian ecosystems.
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La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years. Over many centuries, the bones of trapped animals have been preserved.
In 2005, the Forest Service reported that California had 5.1 million housing units in the WUI—the most in the nation. The number of housing units in the WUI has only increased since, including ...
This Million Tree Initiative is also seen as a display of how the government is progressing to solve urban sustainability, as well as global climate change problems. [24] Local governments such as Los Angeles and New York City, implemented these projects to help reduce carbon emissions, clean air, and fight urban heat islands with mass tree ...
According to the City’s Urban Forest Master Plan three native trees (Carolina laurel cherry, water oak, and laurel oak) and one highly invasive non-native tree (Chinese camphor) are short lived ...