by Naomi Zürcher | Dec 14, 2018 | Events
June 16 – 19, 2019
SUNY-ESF Syracuse, NY
Please mark your calendars to attend the first global i-Tree Symposium held in the United States. This event is intended to bring i-Tree users and developers together to help attendees:
• Learn how to use i-Tree to create successful projects to improve urban forest management and enhance local human health and well-being
• Discover how it is has been successfully used globally
• Learn new science related to ecosystem service assessments and i-Tree tools
• Gather ideas on new projects
• Advise on the future development of i-Tree tools Interact with i-Tree staff and other i-Tree users
Day 1: Full-day of i-Tree training
Day 2: i-Tree science and application presentations
Day 3: Future of i-Tree – attendees will provide input as to where i-Tree should proceed to help meetthe needs of a global forest management community in the future. In addition, attendees can meet with developers to discuss specific i-Tree projects or questions.
Registration is limited to 150 people due to hands-on training and will be open in January 2019. For more information:
https://www.esf.edu/itree/
Call for Abstracts is currently open for presentations and posters
Topic areas include:
• Successful global applications of i-Tree
• Advanced and novel i-Tree applications
• Current i-Tree research projects
• New field or ecosystem service quantification techniques
• New directions in quantifying urban forest ecosystem services and benefits Advances in urban forest planning and management
To submit abstract: Abstract Submission Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTcd0JX6lVOA-KphFODTKf76jWxnIufQ-zexxY4uIHQb-w1A/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1
Deadline for abstract submission is January 31, 2019.
by Naomi Zürcher | Dec 6, 2018 | Events
Title: Tree Fund Webinar Series: REDUCING TREE (AND SOIL) DAMAGE DURING CONSTRUCTION
Date & Time: Thursday, 13 December, 5:00PM BST, 6:00PM CEST, 7:00PM EEST.
Dear Colleagues:
As urbanization becomes more widespread, trees and the soils they populate are exposed, more and more, to construction conflicts. With careful early planning and an understanding of how tree damage occurs, strategies for tree and, most importantly. soil preservation can allow for trees to coexist within the built urban environment. Please plan to join us for this very informative session.
Presented by: Dr. Nina Bassuk, Professor, Cornell University and Project Leader at the Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University
Where: PRE-REGISTRATION is required for this session in order to provide the most streamlined user experience. TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT https://extension.zoom.us/j/896589339
by Naomi Zürcher | Nov 16, 2018 | Events
Dear EFUF Colleagues:
Join the I-Tree team – USDA Forest Service and Day Institute – to learn how I-Tree’s mapping capabilities have been expanded. These new capabilities provide enhanced features for mapping your projects, from the use of coordinates and mobile devices to more ways to define your own boundaries and explore geographies. This online workshop session will introduce the latest enhancements to the i-Tree platform of tools.
About i-Tree: i-Tree allows any community to conduct and analyze sample or compete street tree inventory data, and make estimates of the structure, function and value of these components of your urban forest. Baseline data can be used to effectively manage the resource, develop policy and set priorities. Looking at information collected on existing street trees, this software allows managers to evaluate current benefits, costs, and management needs.
Date & Time: Thursday, 4 December, 6:00PM BST, 7:00PM CEST, 8:00PM EEST
Where: PRE-REGISTRATION is required for this session in order to provide the most streamlined user experience. To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/y9sbt725
For more information and many resources, visit the the I-Tree website: www.itreetools.org/.
by Naomi Zürcher | Sep 22, 2018 | Events
09.18 i-Tree Webinar
Title: i-Tree Workshop: INTERNATIONAL FEATURES OF I-TREE ECO & MORE
Date: Thursday, 27 September
Time: 6:00PM BST, 7:00PM CEST, 8:00PM EEST.
The September i-Tree workshop will look at the new features presently available in the international version of i-Tree Eco. Focusing on the newly added capabilities for Mexico, we’ll hear from the i-Tree team, our partners at USDA Forest Service International Programs, and collaborators on the ground in Mexico. Learn more about the development and implementation of i-Tree Eco’s expanding capacities and how to access them. Please plan to join us this very informative session.
PRE-REGISTRATION is required for this session in order to provide the most streamlined user experience. TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT: https://tinyurl.com/y86wnhe7
by Rik De Vreese | Sep 5, 2018 | Events
Barcham Trees PLC, a UK-based tree nursery, and the Municipal Tree Officer’s Association (MTOA) organised a practical seminar on tree planting in urban spaces.
More information: https://mailchi.mp/barchamtrees/free-seminar-3313177?e=3af7f04cc0
by Naomi Zürcher | Jul 12, 2018 | Events
High Level Dialogue: Urban & Peri-Urban Forestry
Dear EFUF Colleagues:
Per Simone Borelli of FAO, there will be a High Level Dialogue on Urban and Periurban Forestry in the framework of the 24th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry.
The event will take place on 17 July from 10:00 to 11:30 Rome time. You may follow the event via webstreaming at: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/4796/icode/
The objectives of the high level dialogue are to:
– raise awareness of the key contribution that urban forests and green spaces can provide towards the achievement of sustainable development;
– provide compelling arguments for cities to invest in urban forestry; and,
– foster cross-sectoral collaboration towards an effective integration of urban forestry in the urban planning, design and management for more sustainable urban development.
Please try to attend this important online dialogue.
