Dear colleagues

I would like to share two announcements

  1. The Sino-European CLEARING HOUSE project will run its concluding webinar next Friday 2 February 9:00 - 10:30.
    **An Introduction to CLEARING HOUSE Tools: Improve Your City's Nature-Based Solutions**

    In its concluding webinar, CLEARING HOUSE will present tools designed for municipalities to enhance NBS initiatives.

    * Spatial Impact Assessment and Classification tool (SIAC): Models tree cover, assesses street tree density, and evaluates spatial relationships with streets or buildings.

    * Spatial Information and Knowledge Hub (SIK-Hub): Facilitates a swift assessment of Urban Forest-NBS and their environmental, ecological, and social settings.
    * CLEARING HOUSE Citizen Science: Assists in uncovering feedback loops between Urban Forest-NBS qualities and specific challenges, purposes, uses, or users.

    Further info on the website : https://clearinghouseproject.eu/webinars/ 

    Register at: https://metropolis-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvde6uqT0pHdcbhEMtA171_cxZ2vE6ovlT#/registration



  2. The European Forum on Urban Forestry has extended the deadline for submitting ideas and abstracts until 31 January.

    The EFUF meeting will take place 22 to 24 May in Zagreb, under the theme: Urban Forests for All.

    EFUF invites researchers and professionals dealing with urban forests and green spaces to submit abstracts for a wide range of contributions. EFUF emphasises the connection of practice and scientific knowledge, encouraging a variety of possible formats to contribute to the conference. We welcome practice-oriented contributions, research contributions as well as proposals for workshops and demonstrations.

    Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2024 23:59 CET (Brussels time) through this form: 

    https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EFUF2024_abstracts.

    Subtopics are
    More information on the scope and requirements at https://efuf.org/2023/12/15/call-for-abstracts-efuf2024/
    1. Urban Forests for People and Society
    2. Urban Forests for a Sustainable Tomorrow
    3. Urban Forests for All Living Beings

      





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Dr Rik De Vreese
Senior Researcher and Team Leader for Urban Forestry - CLEARING HOUSE Project Coordinator
Resilience Programme

European Forest Institute (EFI Bonn)
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