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Poster, bannerBENEPISYO NG MGA PUNO SA LUNGSOD 2016Large urban trees are excellent filters for urban pollutants and fine particulates. Trees can provide food, such as fruits, nuts and leaves. Spending time near trees improves physical and mental health by increasing energy level and speed of recovery, while decreasing blood pressure and stress. Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30% and save energy used for heating by 20–50%. Trees provide habitat, food and protection to plants and animals, increasing urban biodiversity...planting trees today is essential for future generations!
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DocumentTrees connecting people: in action together - International meeting
Meeting proceedings, Bogotá, Colombia, 29 July to 1 August 2008
2009Also available in:
No results found.FAO organized an international meeting on urban and peri-urban forestry (UPF) in Bogotá, Colombia, from 29 July to 1 August 2008. The theme was Trees Connecting People: In Action Together. The event convened more than 50 experts and local authority representatives from institutions around the world specialized in related disciplines, such as forestry, agriculture, urban planning, bioenergy, disaster risk management and community development. The main objective was to build institutional collabor ation and initiate a programme of work in line with FAO’s mandate, paving the way towards durable and informed contributions to the concept of Forests and Trees for Healthy Cities: Improving Livelihoods and Environment for All. -
ArticleForest and human health with special reference to India
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forests are intricately linked with human health for physical, mental, and social wellbeing. India has traditionally followed culture of living in and around forests. Atmospheric pollution in urban areas (due to industrialization) increases the risk of various respiratory and heart diseases. Trees not only mitigate the greenhouse effect but also absorb toxic chemicals and particulate matter, thus acting like human liver in this way. A visit to green urban areas acts like a stress buster and recharges the batteries. This has resulted in development of urban forestry hubs, creating small areas of trees: herbs and shrubs under various names such as city forest, parks, smriti/rashi/nakshatra van etc. Planting of species which may create problems as pollen pollution/wind damage/ lowering groundwater table /other kind, needs to be avoided. Forests are the largest repositories of a large variety of medicinal plants. Various medicinal systems such as Ayurveda, Allopathy, homeopathy, Unani, tribal, alternative medicine use raw material from forest. Importance of Medicinal plants has increased over the last few decades with environmental restrictions on felling of trees. Herbal remedies in India are now the responsibility of Ayush Ministry, Government of India. National Medicine Plants Board coordinates overall conservation, cultivation, trade and export of medicinal plant sector in India. A referenced digital data base from published sources is now in place. Demand and supply of medicinal plants along with list of suitable species for various ago -climatic zones has been prepared. Medicinal plants now find a proper place in the management plans of various forest divisions. To boost the cultivation of medicinal plants, a lot of grey areas have to be addressed. Government of India is already exploring possibility of long-term Public Private partnerships in degraded forests for this purpose also. Keywords: One Health, Human health and well-being, Genetic resources, Innovation, Knowledge management. ID: 3484385
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