Trees perform environmental services that directly benefit people living in urban areas. These local benefits are in addition to the aesthetic or conservation values that some people place on trees. They include:
- Improving air quality
- Removal of other chemical ground and water pollutants
- Carbon sequestration
- Cooling urban areas
- Energy conservation
- Securing water supplies
- Biodiversity
- Urban forestry by-products
- Noise reduction
- Erosion reduction