Urban forests are important for people and wildlife. Unfortunately they are, at least in Finland, often managed like commercial forests: thinned, even clearcut and replanted.
Urban forests can be a paradise for people and nature, if they are protected and their biodiversity is taken care of. Let’s let the urban forests grow old and allow also rotten and fallen trees in them.
Yes, forests, and especially urban forests, should be places where people can experience nature. Nature-orientied forests are predestined places to smell, see, hear and feel the biodiversity. Go for the wild!