Green Cover

Want to learn more about green cover? We’ve got you covered!
Come, let’s do a quick dive into why we need trees more than ever, and what you and I can do to increase green cover around us. We bet you, you’ll never see a tree the same way again.

First things first, what is a green cover?
Urban green cover includes all types of visible green vegetation such as forests, agriculture, vegetation along streams and lakes, recreational parks, vegetation along streets, inside plots and on roof tops and building facades.

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Read 

  1. 5 reasons why cities need trees | Read here and here 
  2. Six Cities Making Room for Nature | Read here 
  3. How to create a thriving forest, not box-checking ‘tree cover’|  Read here 
  4. Why greener cities are cooler and more equal | Read here
  5. How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities | Read here


Watch 

  1. The Case for Nurturing a City’s Other Green Infrastructure – Trees | Watch here | A talk on how benefits of trees go beyond aesthetics and transform public health 
  2. What happens if you cut down all of a city’s trees? Watch here 
  3. Analyzing Asia’s greenest and least green metropolises | DW News | Watch here 
  4. How to build your own kitchen garden on terrace or balcony | Watch here  

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