by Naomi Zürcher | Jun 13, 2018 | Events
June 2018 Urban Forestry Webinar
Dear Colleagues:
Following, please find June’s Urban Forestry webinar specifics:
Title: Can We Enhance the Urban Environment with Non-native Trees & Shrubs?
Date & Time: Thursday, 14 June, 5:00PM BST, 6:00PM CEST, 7:00PM EEST.
Join this discussion on the native versus non-native woody species dilemma – pros and cons as well as strategies for enhancing urban landscape diversity.
Presenter: Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, Washington State University
Where: Visit www.joinwebinar.com 15 minutes prior to start time and enter the ID code: 586-200-731
by Naomi Zürcher | Mar 24, 2018 | Events
March I-Tree UF Webinar
Title: i-Tree Instructional Workshop – Using Your i-Tree Benefits to Implement Change
Date & Time: Thursday, 29 March, 6:00PM BST, 7:00PM CEST, 8:00PM EEST.
Join the i-Tree Development Team and Partners for this informative workshop which will look at some of the ways municipalities working with i-Tree are incorporating i-Tree project outputs into their sustainability planning to increase Ecosystem Services benefits.
Presenter: USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Where: PRE-REGISTRATION is required for this session in order to provide the most streamlined user experience. Please visit: https://goo.gl/9LvNjw
by Naomi Zürcher | Mar 10, 2018 | Events
March 2018 Urban Forestry Webinars
Title: Nature and Health in Communities: A Review of Best Available Science
Date & Time: Wednesday, 14 March, 6:00PM BST, 7:00PM CEST, 8:00PM EEST.
This webinar, part of the series, Understanding Urban and Community Forests: An Extension Webinar Series, offers a discussion on the research on nature experiences and their public health outcomes and how that research can be used to influence Urban Forest policy and planning. Presenter: Dr. Kathleen Wolf., Research Social Scientist, College of the Environment, University of Washington, and Research Associate with USDA Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station program about Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
Where: Visit http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/nature-and-health-in-communities-a-review-of-best-available-science 15 minutes prior to start time. At that time, a “JOIN” button will be available on the webinar’s detail page to allow you to register for and view the webinar.
Title: The Green Heart Project: Studying the impact of trees and green space on cardiovascular health
Date & Time: Wednesday, 14 March, 6:00PM BST, 7:00PM CEST, 8:00PM EEST.
Louisville Kentucky’s urban laboratory is embarking on a study of how environmental differences within the city’s neighborhoods give rise to health disparities, and how local social networks and personal environments created by lifestyle choices affect individual health and well-being. This study will specifically examine the impact that urban forests and green spaces have on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. While previous studies have shown that exposure to air pollutants, like those found in urban areas, increases CVD risk and mortality, the impact of the urban forest and overall green spaces on CVD has not been directly assessed. This presentation will discuss the pragmatic, interventional trial known as The Green Heart Project, designed to test the hypothesis that exposure to neighborhood greenery diminishes CVD risk by decreasing the levels of local air pollution.
Presenters: Ray Yeager, University of Louisville; Chris Chandler, The Nature Conservancy
Where: Visit https://usfs.adobeconnect.com/ucf/ 15 minutes prior to start time. Enter the webinar as a guest by typing your name in the name box and click the “Enter Room” button.
Title: Real Facts About Climate Change & Urban Trees: How Should We Prepare
Date & Time: Thursday 15 March, 5:00PM BST, 6:00PM CEST, 7:00PM EEST.
Climate change is already impacting our ability to manage our urban forests. Join Richard Cowles for a discussion on management practices that may be employed to help ensure a sustainable urban tree canopy cover.
Presenter: Richard Cowles, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory
Where: Visit www.joinwebinar.com 15 minutes prior to start time and enter the ID code: 206-666-939
by Naomi Zürcher | Feb 13, 2018 | Events
Brussels Urban Forest
Dear EFUF Colleagues;
Please note that the registration deadline for this important workshop has been extended until Thursday the 1st of March. Incorporating our urban trees into every country’s National Forest Inventory is extremely critical to the advancement of sustainable Urban Forest Management as well as traditional Forest health. If we are to accomplish this constructively and collaboratively, we need your Urban Forest knowledge and your presence.
Title: Urban Forests in a European Perspective: what can the National Forest inventory tell us?
Date: 15 March 2018
Where: The European Forestry House, Brussells
This workshop is organized by the European Environment Agency and the SNS and EFINORD funded network to bring together Practitioners, Researchers and Policy Makers from the 8 participating European nations and beyond as well as the European Environmental Agency, and the European Commission to discuss opportunities for integrating the use, management, and governance of urban forests and woodlands to promote health and well-being outcomes for humans and trees alike. More details regarding the network and its focus can be found at this link:
UFNR
and additional workshop information / schedule can be found here:
Urban Forests in a European Perspective_Brussels extended registration invite
Based on the workshop discussions, we intend to produce a summary of the key challenges and opportunities associated with the integrated multi-level governance of urban forests and woodlands to promote human health and well-being outcomes. This summary will form the basis for future collaborations on research or innovative projects and thus will influence synergies between urban forests and woodlands and broader urban environmental planning and management agendas at a local, national, and European level.
Please RSVP to nagu@ign.ku.dk<mailto:nagu@ign.ku.dk> by 1 March 2018.
by Naomi Zürcher | Jan 29, 2018 | Events
02.18 Urban Forestry Webinars
Dear Colleagues:
Following, please find the upcoming schedule for February’s Urban Forestry Webinar offerings, especially the 01 February entry which will be presented by our very own Cecil Konijnendijk – not to be missed:
Title: Urban Forests for Urban Futures: How Trees Create Better Cities
Date & Time: Thursday, 01 February, 5:00PM BST, 6:00PM CEST, 7:00PM EEST.
Join EFUF’s very own Professor Cecil Konijnendijk, Ph.D. for an in-depth exploration of the Urban Forest’s contribution to creating and sustaining healthy, livable cities globally.
Presenter: Professor Cecil Konijnendijk, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada
Where: Visit www.joinwebinar.com 15 minutes prior to start time and enter the ID code: 901-377-419
Title: i-Tree Instructional Workshop – an i-Tree Applications Showcase
Date & Time: Thursday, 22 February, 6:00PM BST, 7:00PM CEST, 8:00PM EEST.
Join the i-Tree Development Team and Partners for this informative discussion on what has been added to the i-Tree toolkit. These new additions will enhance urban forestry inventories, analyses and reporting, making these tasks easier and more efficient. In addition, i-Tree Harvest, Planting, MyTree and other additions will be discussed along with improvements to Landscape, Species and Eco.
Presenter: USDA Forest Service and Davey Tree
Where: PRE-REGISTRATION is required for this session in order to provide the most streamlined user experience. Please visit:
https://goo.gl/8iBdsF
by Naomi Zürcher | Jan 15, 2018 | Events
i-Tree Switzerland:
Bern Bundesgasse / kleine Schanze
photo credit Bernasconi and Zürcher
The planned Spring 2018 release of i-Tree Eco for all of Europe inspired a Swiss Urban Forest
collaboration between Pan Bern AG (Andreas Bernasconi and his team, Marlén Gubsch and
Florim Sabani) and Arbor Aegis (Naomi Zürcher). The collaboration, which began in July 2016,
expanded to include Dr. David Nowak, USDA Forest Service i-Tree Project Leader and the
inspiration behind i-Tree…
The Value of i-Tree Valuation – Bern Switzerland
