Portland on List of Cities With Tree Canopy Inequity Published: 28 June 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – American Forests, the nation’s oldest national conservation organization, last week released its first nationwide tally of Tree Equity Scores (TES), which document that Black and low-income neighborhood have significantly fewer trees than wealthier, whiter communities, even in the same cities.
The findings confirm a disturbing pattern of inequitable distribution of trees that has deprived communities of the health and other benefits that sufficient tree cover delivers. In fact, neighborhoods where there are mostly of people of color have 33% less tree canopy than majority-white communities. Neighborhoods, where 90% or more of residents live in poverty have 41% less tree canopy than communities with only 10% or less of the population in poverty.
AMERICAN FORESTS: BLACK AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES MISS HEALTH, ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE BENEFITS DUE TO TREE INEQUITIES
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