Trees and forests are a proven nature-based solution
| Subject: Urban Public Spaces, Infrastructures, Sustainability
Type: Clearing
Webinar of the Sino-European project, CLEARING HOUSE. A virtual meeting that aims to involve people and entities in specific actions related to metropolitan forests and trees, with the focus on the ecosystem services they offer
Speaker
Professor of Urban Forestry, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, and Senior Consultant, Nature Based Solutions Institute
Cecil co-leads the Urban Forestry Research In Action lab at UBC, a group of international researchers and graduate students studying urban forestry, green space governance, people-nature relationships, and the ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation. In summer 2020 he moved to Barcelona, to combine his UBC work with consultancy activities on urban forestry and nature-based solutions. Cecil co-founded the international journal ‘Urban Forestry & Urban Greening' and (co-)authored books such as ‘The Forest and the City: The Cultural Landscape of Urban Woodland' and the ‘Routledge Handbook on Urban Forestry'.
Conference
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