by Rik De Vreese | Jun 19, 2017 | Events
The GREEN SURGE project invites you to an online conversation with two leading researchers in the field of urban green infrastructure, Prof. Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch and Prof. Dr. Stephan Pauleit who will share observations on the current academic discourse on green infrastructure in Northern America and Europe.
The webinar is the first of a series of GREEN SURGE webinars reflecting on cities’ and researchers’ views on urban green infrastructure. The theme and the webinars will be leading up to the GREEN SURGE final conference in September.
More information and registration
by Naomi Zürcher | Jun 5, 2017 | Events
Dear Colleagues
There are several upcoming webinars that offer excellent Urban Forestry-related discussions:
Title: Citizen Science and Open Data in Urban Forestry – Opportunities and Challenges.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 14th June; 7:00PM BST, 8:00PM CEST, 9:00PM EEST.
Citizen Science and open data are currently being used by Urban Forest managers to engage the public and stakeholders. There is concern about the need for data coordination, quality control, resource commitment, etc. This USDA Forest Service offered webinar will present findings from a study of volunteer urban tree inventory data quality as well as other Citizen Science projects.
Please register using the following link:
https://usfs.adobeconnect.com/ucf/
Title: Diversity Now!! – Increasing Resilience of Urban Forests by Expanding Species Diversity.
Date & Time: Tuesday, 20 June; 5:00PM BST, 6:00PM CEST, 7:00PM EEST.
This Penn State Extension webinar will discuss the potential for increasing UF resilience by expanding species diversity. Subjects such as assisted migration, phenotypic plasticity, monotypic species, urban microclimates and hardy cultivars will be discussed in the context of a changing climate and increased threats from pathogens.
Please register as a guest, 15 minutes before webinar starts, using the following link:
https://meeting.psu.edu/pacommunityforestry
Title: Soil Profile Rebuilding – Rehabilitating Compacted Soils.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 21 June; 7:00PM BST. 8:00PM CEST, 9:00PM EEST.
This upcoming webinar from the Tree Fund Webinar Series will explore recent research projects evaluating a soil rehabilitation technique known as Soil Profile Rebuilding – a technique which can be used to remediate soils on site. Dr. Susan Day will present an overview of this technique which is also available in the form of a written specification to allow for easy adoption.
Please pre-register using the following link:
http://www.treefund.org/webinars
by Naomi Zürcher | May 19, 2017 | Events
Join Dr. David Nowak, USDA Forest Service Researcher and i-Tree Project leader, in this one-hour, interactive session discussing the importance and value of the science that is powering i-Tree. This Informational Web Workshop will look at upcoming developments and science-based future features that the i-Tree suite will offer to users.
Date: Wednesday, 24th May 2017
Time: 6:00 PM GBT, 7:00 PM for the rest of Europe
Pre-registration is required. Please use the following link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-tree-online-workshop-state-of-the-science-tickets-34662723138
by Naomi Zürcher | May 1, 2017 | Events
The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation, will present its next monthly UF webinar, entitled: “Selecting Tough Trees for Tough Urban Sites” on Thursday, May 4th at 5:00 PM, British Daylight Time and 6:00 PM for the rest of Europe. Additional information as well as registration procedures can be found at the following link:
http://www.urbanforestrytoday.org
by Naomi Zürcher | Apr 11, 2017 | Events
Exploring Urban Forestry’s Reduction of Health Care Expenditures. Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the next webinar of the 2016-2017 season of Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services.
Date: 12 April 2017
Time: 11:45 AM US Eastern Standard Times (16:45 GBT, 17:45 European continent)
To register, please use the following link:
https://yalesom.zoom.us/webinar/register/ba7a401cc051ff2ad746f627e8486654
by Naomi Zürcher | Feb 10, 2017 | Events
Plan-It Geo, a geospatial and software technology firm specializing in urban forestry, planning, and natural resources, has put together a Winter Webinar Series, consisting of 3 Webinars focused on computer-based Urban Forest assessment / management tools.
http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4ebc7b03f70907b7b0a743af2&id=de2f8280b4&e=73e0809391
Dates and Time:
• February 27 – 2 PM EST (NY), 7 PM UK, 8 PM Western Europe;
• March 1, 2 – 1 PM EST (NY), 6 PM UK, 7 PM Western Europe
