Sreetheran Maruthaveeran is an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He also has served as a senior researcher at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) since 2003 before joining the academic line in 2016. His main research interest lies in the social aspect of urban forestry, arboriculture, recreation and leisure sciences. Currently, he serves as the Editorial Board Member for Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism and also the Editor-in-Chief for ALAM CIPTA International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research. He is the Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). He is also a Professional Technologist (Ts) registered under the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a Certified Arborist (MY0300A) under the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), USA since 2007.

Wendy Y. Chen is a Professor at the Department of Geography, serving as the director of the International Centre for China Development Studies, The University of Hong Kong. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Urban Forestry and Urban Greening since January 2019, a top international journal in the field of urban forestry.  Her research interests include urban forestry, natural resource evaluation and management, urban nature and urban ecology, ecosystem services and ecosystem service economics, environmental management, and sustainable development. She is currently the Deputy Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

Justin Montgomery is an Associate Professor at the School of Forestry, University of Canterbury. His areas of research interest include urban forest dynamics, as well as, explorations of tree response to a variety of urban stresses. He is a former Chair ofthe International Society of Arboriculture’s Science and Research Committee and Associate Editor for top scientific journals such as Urban Forestry and Urban Greening and Arboriculture and Urban Forestry. He is currently the Deputy Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

Sreetheran Maruthaveeran is an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He also has served as a senior researcher at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) since 2003 before joining the academic line in 2016. His main research interest lies in the social aspect of urban forestry, arboriculture, recreation and leisure sciences. Currently, he serves as the Editorial Board Member for Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism and also the Editor-in-Chief for ALAM CIPTA International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research. He is the Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). He is also a Professional Technologist (Ts) registered under the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a Certified Arborist (MY0300A) under the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), USA since 2007.

Wendy Y. Chen is a Professor at the Department of Geography, serving as the director of the International Centre for China Development Studies, The University of Hong Kong. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Urban Forestry and Urban Greening since January 2019, a top international journal in the field of urban forestry.  Her research interests include urban forestry, natural resource evaluation and management, urban nature and urban ecology, ecosystem services and ecosystem service economics, environmental management, and sustainable development. She is currently the Deputy Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

Justin Montgomery is an Associate Professor at the School of Forestry, University of Canterbury. His areas of research interest include urban forest dynamics, as well as, explorations of tree response to a variety of urban stresses. He is a former Chair ofthe International Society of Arboriculture’s Science and Research Committee and Associate Editor for top scientific journals such as Urban Forestry and Urban Greening and Arboriculture and Urban Forestry. He is currently the Deputy Coordinator for the Urban Forestry Unit, 6.07.00 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).