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 Rik De Vreese | Aug 20, 2018 | Articles
Inauguration EFI Bonn Office (European Forest Institute) 29/08/2017 Credits: Jennifer Zumbusch.
UNECE/FAO published a discussion paper on “Green Jobs in the Forest Sector” . The study provides an overview of existing Green Forest Jobs and identifies possible areas for future activities and jobs in the forest sector, and may serve as starting point for further analysis and discussion on the future of Green Forest Jobs. It offers a framework for classifying Green Forest Jobs under seven thematic work areas, outlined in the seven main sections of the study, with a particular focus on major trends, needs and challenges as well as opportunities and prospects for the forest sector. Urban foresters will be mainly interested in the work area “Social and Urban Development” (including Urban Forestry, Arboriculture, and a “Culture and Forests” section), but also the section on “Health and Recreation” is a must-read.
Urban forestry practitioners not only need to design and manage healthy, stable, attractive and accessible urban forests able to cope with different demands, but they also have to promote and improve the understanding and acceptance of forests and forest management in urban settings.
The paper refers to Manchester, where an estimated corps of 15.000 urban foresters (in the broad sense) are providing forest-related services (forest product processing, tourism and forestry-related services).
Urban foresters’ skills and expertise are not only challenged from a technical point of view (e.g. diverging soil conditions, specific species, pavements, health issues), but they also need to know how to interact with the public, decision-makers and other professionals. As urban trees grow at people’s doorstep, the community holds a close look to the management of a city’s forets and trees.
The urban forestry chapter ends with a very interesting list of key competences and skills an urban forester needs:
- Communication skills for managing complex stakeholder relations
- Public relation skills for interacting with residents
- Competencies in planning, designing, managing and maintenance of trees and forests
- Comprehensive knowledge and competencies in ecology, forestry, agroforestry, ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services and their valuation, climate change, tree care, economic and social issues related to health care, recreation and leisure and environmental education
by Naomi Zürcher | Jul 27, 2018 | Articles
Building removation permits and potential damage – Toronto CA
Dear EFUF Colleagues:
Attached please find an article from the July issue of Urban Tree Growth & Longevity Newsletter. The article, written by James Sternberg, offers field observations and lessons learned pertaining to the impacts of building renovations on existing urban trees.
Interesting and important food for thought.
BUILDING RENOVATION IMPACTS ON URBAN TREES – INSIGHTS FROM OPEN DATA
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.
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 | May 16, 2018 | Articles
We have seen an exponential increase in the research and resulting documentation of the Ecosystem Services benefits our urban trees can provide with a resulting increased interest in quantifying those benefits and in expanding the Urban Forest resource.
In order to establish a basis for quantifying and /or expanding, we have tended to look at canopy cover as a way to determine the Urban Forest’s extent. That 2-dimensional measurement of the resource only provides a small sampling of essential data and the criteria necessary to adequately manage the Urban Forest resource.
We have selected as an example of a criteria-based approach, a Strategic Management Planning scenario adopted by Canada, first through a national Canadian Urban Forest Strategy, initiated in 2006, followed by a sampling from communities across the breadth and depth of Canada that have adopted the national call to action and created their own community-oriented versions of Urban Forest Strategic Management Plans.
Examples of Urban Forest Management / Strategic Plans
http://www.cufn.ca/canadian-urban-forest-strategy
http://www.oakville.ca/assets/general%20-%20residents/2008UFSMP.pdf
https://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Parks%20Forestry%20&%20Recreation/Urban%20Forestry/Files/pdf/B/backgroundfile-55258.pdf
http://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents.ottawa.ca/files/documents/ufmp_pres_en.pdf
by Naomi Zürcher | May 2, 2018 | EFUF2018
Dear EFUF Colleagues:
Applications for the European Young Urban Forester of the Year Award are currently being accepted through 11 May 2018. This award, presented annually at the European Forum on Urban Forestry, recognizes excellence by a young person in either an Urban Forestry-related practice and / or Urban Forest research.
Eligibility and conditions for participation as well as award information and the downloadable form can be accessed at the following link:
https://www.efuf2018.com/european-young-urban-forester-award.
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki.
The EFUF 2018 Organizing Team
by Rik De Vreese | Apr 29, 2018 | EFUF2018
“Increasing cities, decreasing green areas – challenge to urban green professionals: Urban green planning, management and participation with residents”
Dear EFUF fellows,
EFUF2018 is about to be kicked-off in Helsinki. We are very keen that our Finnish colleagues have organised this year’s forum as Helsinki has always been a frontrunner city in the urban forestry scene. You can find the updated programme on https://www.efuf2018.com/scientific-program.
There are also still tickets available for the gala dinner (boat cruise) and the post-conference excursion on Saturday 19 May.
The organisers will close all registrations on 2 May 2018. Enrol now and ensure your seat at EFUF2018.
This is your last chance to register yourself.
