The role of brownfields and their revitalisation for the functional connectivity of the urban tree system

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The role of brownfields and their revitalisation for the functional connectivity of the urban tree system

23 March 20230

Discover this new publication by CLEARING HOUSE partners Manuel Wolff and Dagmar Haase in collaboration with Jörg Priess and Tobias Leander Hoffmann. The publication focuses on the role of brownfields and their revitalisation for the functional connectivity of the urban tree system in a regrowing city

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Sustainable funding mechanism for Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions (UF-NBS) & cost-effectiveness

9 March 20230

CLEARING HOUSE is a Research and Innovation H2020 project which among several objectives, aims to create business and investment cases for Urban Forests as Nature Based Solutions (UF-NBS) on the basis of increased evidence about environmental, social and economic benefits.

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Governing Europe’s forests for multiple ecosystem services

30 January 20230

Europe’s forest provide multiple ecosystem services for societies, ranging from provisioning (e.g. wood) and regulating (e.g. climate mitigation and biodiversity) to cultural (e.g. recreation) services.

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LAUNCH SECOND CALL: the project’s knowledge exchange mechanism.

24 January 20230

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

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Sharing experiences and how to improve the quality of life in cities through afforestation and urban forest strategies

16 January 20230

By Israel Barroso – Metropolis

Trees and forests are proven nature-based solutions, addressing major urban challenges while increasing human well-being and biodiversity. However, despite their potential for ecosystem service delivery and city resilience, urban forests are often underestimated and underused as nature-based solutions.

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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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The CLEARING HOUSE 2022 General Assembly in Gelsenkirchen, Germany

25 October 20220

From 13-15 September 2022, the first post-covid in-person CLEARING HOUSE General Assembly took place in Gelsenkirchen Germany. The event gathered most consortium members and was an opportunity for everyone to meet and discuss the project in a more in-depth and casual manner.

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A look back on our joint webinar with INTERLACE, CONEXUS and REGREEN

21 October 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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What do Belo Horizonte, Bogotá and Mexico City have in common, apart from being vibrant metropolises to live in?

26 September 20220

They have been selected in the first call of the CLEARING HOUSE knowledge exchange mechanism. The global objective of the CLEARING HOUSE 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.

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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).