Mumbai and Hyderabad have been jointly recognised as ‘2021 Tree City of the World’ for their commitment to growing and maintaining urban trees and greenery in building healthy, resilient and happy cities.
• While Mumbai has made the list for the first time, Hyderabad has featured on it for the second consecutive year.
• ‘Tree Cities of the World’ is a programme started by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN-FAO) and non-profit organisation Arbor Day Foundation.
• It is an international effort to recognise cities and towns committed to ensuring that their urban forests and trees are properly maintained, sustainably managed, and duly celebrated.
• It provides direction, assistance, and worldwide recognition for a community’s dedication to its urban forest.
• It provides a framework for a healthy, sustainable urban forestry programme in a town or city.
• For 2021, 138 cities have been recognised under the programme.
• A city is recognised as a ‘Tree City’ if it meets five core standards to show its commitment towards caring for its trees and forests.
• To be recognised as a Tree City, a city must have a written statement delegating responsibility for the care of trees within the municipal boundary to a staff member, a city department, or a group of citizens - a Tree Board.
• The city should have in place a law or an official policy to govern the management of forests and trees.
• The city should have a dedicated annual budget for the implementation of the tree management plan.
• To be recognised as a Tree City, it should organise an annual celebration of trees to raise awareness among people and to acknowledge citizens who carried out the tree programme
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