Brazilian cities launch coordinated urban tree management programs

In Goiânia, the municipal urbanization company Comurg and the municipal environment agency Amma held a technical‑operational instruction session on June 30. The meeting brought together the city’s arborisation management team, Comurg’s field crews and agronomy professors from the Federal University of Goiás to align practical work with technical reports, covering pruning, hazard mitigation and the planting of 100 compensatory seedlings on public sidewalks.

In Florianópolis, the municipal government opened a public consultation to collect residents’ input for the Municipal Urban Arborization Plan (PMArbo) and, on the same day, published the management plan for the Meiembipe Wildlife Refuge, the city’s largest conservation unit covering 5,972 ha. The plan, issued by the Secretary of Environment and Floram, defines zoning, usage rules and seven management programmes—including land regularisation, environmental protection, public use, research, natural resource management, environmental education, and water‑sanitation—aimed at guiding long‑term conservation and expanding urban green space.

Both initiatives illustrate Brazilian municipalities’ effort to standardise tree handling, involve community participation and strengthen green infrastructure to address climate‑related challenges.