Nurturing Urban Greenery: Insights from the CLEARING HOUSE meeting in China

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Nurturing Urban Greenery: Insights from the CLEARING HOUSE meeting in China

8 December 20230

The CLEARING HOUSE conference held in China last September has brought to light groundbreaking initiatives and insights into the role of urban forests and green spaces in shaping sustainable, liveable cities. This gathering of experts and researchers provided a platform for the exchange of knowledge and ideas, emphasizing the global importance of integrating nature into urban planning. The conference’s first day showcased remarkable trends, projects, and outcomes that promise to transform the urban landscape. This broader global collaboration from both continents highlighted the growing recognition of the universal significance of green spaces.

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LAUNCH OF THE #NATURE4FUTURE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

26 April 20230

To raise awareness about the importance of UF-NBS and forest conservation, the #Nature4Future quiz campaign has been launched on the International Day of Forests

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Sustaining cities, naturally – across 3 continents

7 November 20220

The role of cities in the light of the health of people and the planet alike, is undeniably crucial. While cities only make up about 2% of terrestrial areas, more than 50% of the World’s population is already living in cities (Pincetl, 2017). This trend of urbanization is expected to continue to grow into a staggering 65% of the world population living in cities by 2040 (weforum, 2019).

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CLEARING HOUSE in 2021 – Project overview

27 January 20220

During 2021, CLEARING HOUSE has seen its first mid-term project review in June 2021. This milestone was planned to mark the end of the first phase of the project. Unfortunately some outcomes were delayed due to the COVID-crisis, but other outcomes were on time and exiting. Highlights of the year where the Urban Forestry Days, the Inspirational Package for teenagers and the first full CLEARING HOUSE webinar.Read more

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Using, protecting, shaping urban forests – and researching about them

27 January 20220

Co-Design Workshop II, as part of the CLEARING HOUSE project at the Green Lab in Gelsenkirchen.

What is the importance of urban forests for our health, for the biodiversity in our cities and for the future of our densely populated region? What does the term participatory mapping mean? And what can we use the i-Tree software for?

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120 Minutes, 1200 Trees

19 January 20220

Climate neighbourhoods as laboratories and examples for sustainable neighbourhoods

Within the Strategic Project Horizon+ in which the Province of Flemish Brabant plays a coordinating role, four so-called klimaatwijken or ‘climate neighbourhoods’ were selected in which a participation process will be launched in the coming years in order to create sustainable, biodiverse and green neighbourhoods in collaboration with residents and garden owners.Read more

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Green 4 Children – The future is nature

3 December 20210

Do you want to teach children and young people to become little nature conservationists?

During this webinars, three leading environmental institutions talked about how to reconnect boys and girls with nature from school… and without leaving the city! The Barcelona City Council also presented the initiative to green their school playgrounds.

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First Webinar wrap up – Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions, State of the art

26 November 20210

“One of the objective of the EU Green Deal is to have 3 billions more trees in Europe by 2030, and this will partly be accomplished by implementing sustainable Urban Forests Nature-Based Solutions strategies” shared Sofie Vandewoestijne, project advisor at the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency, recalling the European Commission supports projects such as CLEARING HOUSE.Read more

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URBAN FOREST CO-CREATORS UNITED BY THE RIVER LLOBREGAT IN BARCELONA

25 October 20210

South of Barcelona, the Llobregat is a historic river that has played a major role in propelling Catalonia to grow and prosper. Its lowermost territories are a biodiversity hotspot and offer a wide variety of ecosystem services to the nearby metropolitan areas, such as food and fresh water. However, over-exploited to power industries, irrigate crops and provide drinking water, living space and a transport network to millions of people, the lowest portion of the river is heavily populated and under a high level of pressure.Read more

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CLEARING HOUSE joins the #EdibleCitySolutions campaign to raise awareness about green urban food innovation

15 October 20210

Food isn’t just fuel – it connects us all.

Whether it’s in the form of urban agriculture initiatives, underground or rooftop farms, community gardens or healthy cooking workshops, millions of city dwellers around the world are already bringing the food they eat closer to the cities they live in, and bringing people together at the same time.