Hyderabad the only ‘Tree City of the World’ from India  

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• Hyderabad city has received another feather in its cap by being chosen as one among the ‘Tree Cities of the World’ by the Arbor Day Foundation jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Organization.
• Hyderabad is the only city in the country to have been selected for this recognition in response to its commitment to growing and maintaining urban forestry.

What are the Tree Cities of the World?

• The Tree Cities of the World programme is an international effort to recognize cities and towns committed to ensuring that their urban forests and trees are properly maintained, sustainably managed, and duly celebrated.
• At the 2018 World Forum on Urban Forests in Mantova, Italy, world leaders issued the Mantova Green Cities Challenge and a call-for-action that included joining the Tree Cities of the World programme, which will connect cities around the world in a new network dedicated to sharing and adopting the most successful approaches to managing community trees and forests.
• To be recognized as a Tree City, a community must meet five core standards that illustrate a commitment to caring for its trees and forest.

About Arbor Day Foundation:

• The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit conservation and education organization founded in 1972 in Nebraska, United States, by John Rosenow.
• It is the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to tree planting.
• The Foundation's stated corporate mission is "to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees."

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