Sustainability Practices in Arboriculture

摘要

Sustainability has become a ubiquitous term in modern society. Indeed, many would argue that the term is so overused - as well as misused -that it no longer has any substance or relevance. However, if we think carefully about its true meaning and theprinciples that underpin it, then we soon discover that the term is critical to how we conduct both our personal and our professional lives. In this article, I will briefly describe the meaning and the principles of sustainability and discuss basic practices that can make arboriculture a sustainable enterprise both from an ecological and an economic perspective.