Kenton Rogers is a Chartered Urban Forester and Chartered Environmentalist with a masters degree in Forest Ecosystem Management. During his 30 year career he has worked on a wide range of commercial, urban and community forestry projects in the UK, Europe and North Africa. Kenton was a Trustee of the International Tree Foundation for 10 years, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Kenton is also Co-Founder of Treeconomics, an employee owned social enterprise headquartered in Exeter, which specializes in urban forest assessment, valuation and management across the UK and Europe.

Kenton has written many popular articles and scientific papers on the role and benefits of trees and urban forests in creating better places to live and work. He was also a contributing author on the Urban section of UK National Ecosystem Assessment and the Springer Handbook on ‘The Urban Forest’. Most recently he co-authored the Haynes Manual for Trees.