As its #nationaltreeweek, my guest is Cecil Konijnendijk a professor of urban forestry working at University of British Colombia in Vancouver. 

We spoke about the difference between urban and non-urban drivers for tree planting, unpacked their relevance to the climate change and air quality agendas and explored the way that sensitive design of planted areas can amplify the health and wellbeing effects of urban nature, especially around schools.

We also talked about how China is leading on urban forest policy, the huge potential for (and slow pace of) urban greening in India, and heard about the need for an explicit focus on social justice in the large scale deployment of trees in carbon offsetting schemes.

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LINKS - 

Prof Cecil Konijnendijk - @CecilUforia

Health and Nature research at UBC - Dr Matilda van den Bosch

Sponge Cities - Kongjian Yu, Turenscape

When Darwin Comes to Town - Menno Schilthuizen - and Guardian review

The Nature of Cities blog

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