Rethinking urban forests as essential infrastructure for resilience, equity, and biodiversity in the current climate emergency
都市林をレジリエンス、公平性、生物多様性のための必須インフラとして再考する：現在の気候危機において (AI 翻訳)
Manuel Esperón‐Rodríguez, Rachael V. Gallagher, Stefan Arndt, Michael Osei Asibey, Benno A. Augustinus, Mónica Ballinas, Vı́ctor L. Barradas, David N. Barton, Jürgen Bauhus, Linda J. Beaumont, Jean‐François Bissonnette, Matthew Brookhouse, Pedro Calaza-Martínez, Carlo Calfapietra, Tiago Capela Lourenço, Paloma Cariñanos, Matteo Clemente, Tenley Conway, Kees de Hoogh, Karen De Pauw +30
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
都市林を単なる緑地ではなく、気候変動適応、生物多様性保全、社会的公平性に資する基盤インフラとして位置づける必要性を論じる。現在の管理ギャップとして、投資不足、不平等なアクセス、ガバナンスへの統合不足、適応的管理の欠如を指摘し、法的保護と住民参加の重要性を強調する。
English
This paper argues that urban forests should be recognized as essential infrastructure for climate resilience, biodiversity, and social equity. It identifies four gaps in current management: insufficient investment, unequal access, inadequate integration into governance, and lack of adaptive management. Strong legal protections, enforcement, and community engagement are recommended to secure urban forests' benefits.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本の都市部では高齢化する街路樹の更新やヒートアイランド対策が課題であり、本稿の提唱する都市林のインフラ化・法的保護はSSBJや気候変動適応計画と整合する。ただし、具体的な政策連動や日本事例の記載はない。
In the global GX context
Globally, urban forests are increasingly recognized for their role in climate adaptation and biodiversity. This framework aligns with TCFD/ISSB's emphasis on nature-related risks and CSRD's biodiversity reporting, though it does not directly address disclosure standards.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides a conceptual framework for integrating urban forests into climate resilience and biodiversity research.
🏢実務担当者:Offers guidance for urban planners and sustainability officers to prioritize urban forests as infrastructure.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for legal protections and governance integration to secure urban forest benefits.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Urban forests are not merely green amenities; they support critical ecosystem functioning and services vital for healthy, resilient cities. Recognising urban forests as core infrastructure is essential to reversing the loss of mature trees, preserving biodiversity, and maintaining liveability amid increasing climate and environmental pressures. Although the benefits of urban forests for climate resilience, biodiversity, and public health are broadly acknowledged, policies to protect and enhance these vital ecosystems are often limited, underfunded, and inadequately enforced. As mature canopy loss today takes decades to be replaced (if ever), immediate and sustained investment is crucial to safeguard urban forests. This urgency reveals four interconnected gaps in current urban forest management and stewardship. First, urban forests require recognition, investment, and maintenance as essential infrastructure contributing to urban resilience, including biodiversity support, and to maximise the delivery of key ecosystem services such as cooling and carbon sequestration. Second, equitable access to greenspaces across all communities must be ensured to redress long-standing social and environmental injustices. Third, integrating urban forests into broader climate and biodiversity governance frameworks is critical to mainstreaming their management and protection. Lastly, resilience must be strengthened through evidence-based management practices responsive to evolving environmental changes and social contexts. These priorities must be complemented with strong legal protections, rigorous enforcement of legislation against illegal tree removal, and robust community engagement supported by integrated urban planning and improved monitoring. Without these, the ecological, social, and economic benefits provided by urban forests will remain threatened. By reframing urban forests as essential living infrastructure embedded in legal, financial, and planning frameworks, cities can become cooler, healthier, more biodiverse, and socially just. This framework offers timely guidance for policymakers to prioritise urban forests within climate resilience and sustainability strategies, securing benefits for current and future generations.
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- openalex https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000953first seen 2026-07-04 05:02:15
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