ABSTRACT
Trees should be treated as special elements within a broader green infrastructure, therefore, requiring their own strategic approach to implementation, management and development. It is important that tree and woodland strategies should be distinct from but complementary with other open space or green infrastructure strategies, to prevent conflicts in overall aims. One good example of a successful urban tree and woodland strategy that has been both integrated into and helped to guide local policy, and which, in addition, has attracted funding for active tree management, is the London Tree and Woodland Framework. Embedding a right tree — right place approach to tree planting within local authority climate change adaptation strategies, for instance, is likely to gain favour with politicians, as it offers an evidence-based, cost-effective and sustainable response. As urban trees can help local authorities achieve a wide range of their social and environmental objectives, they need to be considered during any high-level, strategic decision-making process.
