CLEARING HOUSE inspirational package at the Talentboost Brussels

29 August 20220

CLEARING HOUSE inspirational package ‘City of Trees’ was a guest at ‘Talentboost’ in Brussels the last week of July. Talentboost is a linguistic bath for children who are non-native newcomers of 4 weeks in Brussels.

Blog, Collaborative Learning

Discover: Co-design processes to address Nature-Based Solutions and Ecosystem Services demands: the long and winding road towards inclusive urban planning

29 August 20220

Discover this paper by Basnou Corina, Pino Joan, Davies Clive, Winkel Georg and De Vreese Rik, which focuses on the co-design processes to address Nature-Based Solutions demands and plan urban infrastructures in an inclusive manner.

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Discover: Conceptualizing multidimensional barriers: a framework for assessing constraints in realizing recreational benefits of urban green spaces

29 August 20220

To assess constraints in realizing recreational benefits of urban green spaces, partners Wolff Manuel, Mascarenhas André, Haase Annegret, Haase Dagmar, Andersson Erik, Borgström Sara T, Kronenberg Jakub, Laszkiewicz Edyta and Biernacka Magdalena have conceptualized multidimensional barriers explained in their latest article.

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Discover: Effects of heat and drought stress on the health status of six urban street tree species in Leipzig, Germany

29 August 20220

Discover this paper by Haase Dagmar and Hellwig Rebecca on the effects of heat and drought stress on the health status of six urban street tree species in Leipzig, Germany.

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Planning to Practice: Impacts of Large-Scale and Rapid Urban Afforestation on Greenspace Patterns in the Beijing Plain Area

29 August 20220

Partners in China Jiali Jin, Stephen R.J. Shepard, Baoquan Jia and Cheng Wang have studied the impacts of large-scale and rapid urban afforestation on greenspace patterns in the Beijing Plain Area.

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Creating accessible evidence bases: Opportunities through the integration of interactive tools into literature review synthesis

29 August 20220

Discover this new study by Scheuer Sebastian, Jache Jessica, Sumfleth Luca, Wellmann Thilo and Haase Dagmar on how creating accessible evidence bases can create opportunities through the integration of interactive tools into literature review synthesis.

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A look back on our #HugATree awareness raising campaign

28 June 20220

In March 2022, our CLEARING HOUSE project initiated the #HugATree social media campaign to celebrate the International Day of Forests. Our campaign’s objective was to raise awareness about the importance of trees, forests and, more generally, nature as nature-based solutions.

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Topic-specific thematic guidelines on Urban Forestry as a Nature Based Solution (UF-NBS) – opportunities for authors

13 April 20220

The CLEARING HOUSE project addresses a global challenge that unites European and Chinese cities in their quest to develop more resilient cities and liveable societies in order to improve human wellbeing. The main focus is on tree-based green infrastructure which is the basis for “urban forests as nature-based solutions”.

The project is developing thematic guidelines to assist local authorities, consultants, decision-makers, civil society and other stakeholders in Europe, China and worldwide in delivering UF-NBS to their communities and local stakeholders.

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CLEARING HOUSE first Calls for the Knowledge Exchange Mechanism are open!

1 March 20220

The CLEARING HOUSE project is pleased to announce its first calls for the project’s knowledge exchange mechanism.

The global objective of the knowledge exchange mechanism is to promote capacity development and exchange of knowledge and practices on urban forests as nature-based solutions (UF-NBS), based on peer-to-peer exchanges and scientific support regarding UF-NBS challenges.

You are a local authority representative looking toward implementing Urban-Forests as Nature-Based Solutions in your city?
👉Participate in our knowledge exchange mechanism!

Blog, Nature-based solutions, Urban forests

22 case studies illustrating the importance of UF-NBS in Europe and China!

14 February 20220

CLEARING HOUSE partners have collected data from 22 selected UF-NBS case studies in Europe and China. The analysis of these cases illustrated the high importance of UF-NBS as contributing to health, well-being and quality of life.
All case studies are available here below.

The analysis looks into the entire development cycle of UFBS, ranging from design and planning up to implementation (governance and management), monitoring and ecosystem service delivery (taking into account biodiversity aspects), including the analysis of their effects on urban societies’ wellbeing (e.g. public health as well as socio-environmental justice and gender issues).