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.
“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
Interpretation will be available in English and Mandarin. Find the full programme below!
Join in on two interesting webinars this October about Low Carbon Construction– From Urban Planning to Building Design and Forests and trees of the Metropolis. Benefits, functions and experiences.
On 19 October the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, the Royal Forestry Department of the Government of Thailand and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will hold an online event: Urban forestry innovations: Transforming landscapes for human well-being in the post-Covid-19 era.Read more
There is increasing recognition of the important contribution of trees, parks, gardens, and other natural settings to public health and community welfare. By improving air quality, promoting physical activity, reducing mental stress and enhancing the immune system, trees and green space have the potential to help address problems ‘upstream’, through prevention – a more efficient approach than simply dealing with the ‘downstream’ consequences of ill health.
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Cities4Forests helps cities from around the world connect with and invest in inner forests (such as city trees and urban parks), nearby forests (such as green corridors and watersheds) and faraway forests (such as tropical and boreal forests). We support our cities to better conserve, manage, and restore these forests. And we provide technical assistance to align local policies, knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer learning, and communication activities for our cities to take climate action together.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement 821242.
