The Main Ways and Measures of Improving Urban Forestry in China

As an emerging industrial sector, urban forestry can provide ecological security and multiple benefits for the city by building, managing and utilizing urban forest ecosystem. Urban forestry is the most effective field that can embody the characteristics of modern forestry and enhance the city’s overall competitiveness. Since the introduction of the urban forestry concept, through a series of theoretical studies and practices, the development of urban forestry in China has entered a new stage. Based on the national conditions of China, the base of urban forestry and its development status, we think that building highly efficient and rational urban forest system, creating high- quality urban forest communities and establishing a security system for the development of urban forestry are the key measures to further enhance the development level of urban forestry.