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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Blog, Collaborative Learning

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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Blog, Collaborative Learning

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.

Blog, Collaborative Learning

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.

24TH EUROPEAN FORUM ON URBAN FORESTRY (EFUF)

3 March 20220

The City of Belgrade is pleased to announce the 24th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF). The Forum will be held from 17-21 May 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Forum theme is adaptive measures in urban forests.

EFUF 2022 will be a great opportunity to learn about new and cutting-edge research on adaptive measures in urban forest and an opportunity to discuss with inspiring practitioners, advanced researchers and sector-leading policymakers on how to improve urban forest management in a rapidly changing world.

Mark your calendars to experience the Urban Forests of Serbia and meet and greet urban forestry colleagues you may have not seen since the 2019 in person EFUF in Germany.

Blog, Collaborative Learning

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).

Blog, Collaborative Learning, Nature-based solutions, Urban forests

Co-Design Workshop in Kraków: Drwinka River Park

28 January 20220

On October 13-14, 2021, the workshop on the protection of River Parks took place in Krakow. It was a second co-design workshop (you may read also about the first one) organised by The Sendzimir Foundation in cooperation with the project partner, the Kraków Municipal Greenspace Authority.

The meeting focused on the Drwinka River Park, as an example of an area of special environmental and social value for Krakow. This area provides important ecosystem services to the city, but it is under threat from potential investment and requires active protection.

Blog, Nature-based solutions, Urban forests

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

Blog, Collaborative Learning, Nature-based solutions, Urban forests

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?