How accessible are urban greenspaces? 🌳🚵 Drawing on a case study, Weber et al. find that it differs between age groups & nature qualities considered. Future #landscapeplanning will benefit from disaggregated information to enhance #EnvironmentalJustice ➡️link.springer.com/article/10…
🌱 In the coastal city of Ostend, Belgium, the 1996 goal of 120-ha of afforestation continues with currently 90-ha of forest coverage.
🔍 Find out more about Ostend’s peri-urban forest in our case study with @NetworkNatureEU 👉 bit.ly/3uRbhss
#DidYouKnow Forested areas regulate streamflow, support groundwater recharge and, through evapotranspiration, contribute to cloud generation and precipitation.
We're wrapping up the PESFOR-W Final Conference - thank you to all who joined us and followed the conference!
Find all outputs of our COST action here: forestresearch.gov.uk/resear…
We plan to continue our work on this important topic - stay tuned for future activities!
🍃Forests for 💧Water Services: A Step by Step Guide for Payment Schemes
This user guide is a key output of the #PESFOR-W COST Action. It is translated into 8 languages - the English version is now available online!
forestresearch.gov.uk/resear…#forest#water#guidelines#pes
The PESFOR-W User Guide aims to provide guidance on designing appropriate and cost-effective forests-for-water payment schemes that support tree planting and forest management to protect and improve #waterquality.
forestresearch.gov.uk/docume…
Throughout its run, the PESFOR-W action supported a total of 16 short term scientific missions - exchange visits for early career reseachers, for strengthening networks and fostering international collaborations.
forestresearch.gov.uk/resear…#science#collaboration#environment
60% of EU surface water bodies are in poor ecological status.
In the next decade, the EU Green Deal, ecosystem restoration targets and the 8th Environmental Action Program of EU Environment, will focus on addressing this issue. For more information: eea.europa.eu
"We need to align stakeholders across silos and make institutions talk to each other, in order to develop successful PES policies." - Alessandro Leonardi, @ETIFOR