Public Policy

Big data has opened up tremendous opportunities for understanding our urban forests. Big data is a pretty loose term, but for the most part it refers to massive sets of data that owe their existence to the internet. More specifically, the easy ability to collect, store, and share data about […]

Urban Forests and Big Data

April 2, 2015 in Public Policy / tree benefit / Tree value / Urban Forest by James

THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DISASTROUS. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, THE CFIA HAS MADE A MOVE TO EXPAND THE REGULATED AREA FOR EAB TO COVER MOST OF ONTARIO as per Map 1. “The presence of EAB has now been confirmed in 27 Ontario counties, and in seven areas in the province […]

CFIA to modify the regulated areas for EAB

June 8, 2014 in EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) / Invasive Species / Public Policy / Urban Forest tagged CFIA / Emerald Ash Borer / Government Policy by OUFC

by Scott Rosts Niagara This Week – St. Catharines ST. CATHARINES — Promote, develop, balance, manage, contribute and protect. Those are the strategies the St. Catharines Urban Forest Advisory Committee is hoping to achieve in a proposed private property tree bylaw. The city wants to hear residents’ input on the proposed bylaw designed […]

Input sought on proposed private property tree bylaw

January 28, 2014 in Public Policy / Tree protection / Urban Forest / Urban Forest Management Plan tagged tree protection / Tree value by OUFC

A landmark court ruling protects shared trees from one co-owner unilaterally destroying them. Save this law from being repealed! Environment – Toronto, Ontario, Canada We, Hilary and Stephen Scharper, are professors at the University of Toronto who both love and value trees. In June 2012, our neighbor decided she wanted to get […]

The Tree Trust: Protecting Shared Trees

July 2, 2013 in Public Policy / Tree protection / Tree value / Urban Forest tagged Ont. Forestry Act / tree protection / Tree value by OUFC

Good news for our urban trees! Press Release: TORONTO‐‐May 21, 2013 A landmark decision on the environment was reached on May 17, 2013 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto. Justice Moore ruled that trees whose trunks grow across private property lines are the common property of both […]

Landmark Court Case Protects Private Trees in Ontario

May 25, 2013 in Public Policy / Tree protection / Urban Forest by OUFC