Australian planners and city aficionados often joke that, no matter what the problem is, the answer is always “more street trees”. Like most jokes, this is half true. While not a panacea, there are at least nine key reasons street trees can help achieve more than a handful urban planning and public health goals. Read the full piece, by Dorina Pojani (UQ|UP) and Shamshad Karatela (UQ public health) in The Fifth Estate: https://thefifthestate.com.au/urbanism/planning/how-many-trees-equal-a-human-life/