Senior expert in #UrbanForestry @europeanforest, selfemployed consultant, @EFUrbanForestry steering group, #noflying, #trains

Joined November 2012
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Register now for #EFUF2025 - Early Bird offer ends 7 May - Nominations for the European Young Urban Forester Award open - mailchi.mp/d5564c56ebfb/k7a2…
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Check out my latest article: Enabling new informational landscapes for resolving nature-based solutions literacy and planning in Barcelona Metropolitan Area linkedin.com/pulse/enabling-…
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9 Jan 2025
💡🛠️ @bitagreenbe and #ISGlobal have developed #BGIHealth, the first software to combine health metrics with geospatial data in order to better assess the health impacts and benefits of different potential urban interventions. 📊🌳🌞 bitagreen.io/post/bgi-health…
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4 Jan 2025
🌳🌇🏡🌿🌍 What is the 3-30-300 rule? @UNECE points out the vital role of sustainable urban and peri-urban forestry for healthier, more sustainable, and climate-resilient cities. Find out about the 3-30-300 rule for equitable urban forestry ➡️ ow.ly/Tnw250UyObe
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🌳 #DidYouKnow? 🌿 A single urban tree can: 🌼 Support #pollinators essential for food 🐦 Provide habitats for hundreds of species 💧 Intercept thousands of litres of water annually Learn more about the power of #UrbanTrees from @UNECE. via @BESNet_UNDP
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According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150,000 trees have been planted and 45 hectares of parks created in the city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to and manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. #Paris
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Great piece by @dots_t: “The belief that environmental salvation arrives only through radical transformation undermines the whole project. By making membership more exclusive than it needs to be, by blowing up policy proposals to daunting scales and … thebreakthrough.org/issues/e…
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Massive congratulations to @IPBES! #TransformativeChangeAssessment helps the world understand how we can live in #HarmonyWithNature. Great work by all! We at @UNEP are proud to host #IPBES. Assessment forms important basis to inform discussion & resolutions at #UNEA7 in 2025.
18 Dec 2024
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 📚 The @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment Summary for Policymakers is here! ➡️ Dive into the extensive exploration of how fundamental change can halt biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. ipbes.net/transformative-cha…
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Looking forward to your #urban #tree and #forest story.
Do you have an interesting story on #urbanforestry? Do you want to tell it to 150 colleagues from practice, science and policy @stadtzuerich ? Yes?! Submit your summary to our call for ideas for #EFUF2025. More at efuf.org/2024/12/12/call-efu… ➡️⏰3⃣1⃣ Jan 2025!
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Through her work on @ConnectingNBS, Marleen Lodder (@LMLodder) of @drifteur shares how Reflexive Monitoring, which is a unique research and implementation method, can turn #cities into dynamic hubs of #sustainability and #resilience. eur.nl/en/transforming-urban… #naturebasedsolutions

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. How Tiny Forests Can Help (not just India) Combat #ClimateChange via @WEF 🌳 tree planting = #ClimateAction Trees in cities provide a host of benefits. air quality 💨 absorb CO2 🆒 cool the air by up to 8˚C increase local food security 🥗and urban biodiversity 🦊 .
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5️⃣ways trees can help to protect us from floods 🌊🌲🌳: ☔Intercepting rainfall 🧼 Keeping rivers clean 🧽Absorbing and storing water like sponges 🏞️Reducing surface runoff 🚧Stopping floodwaters Discover how ➡️ ow.ly/aNAL50UinrQ #NatureBasedSolutions via @UNDRR
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🌍✨ Join us for the Coolschools Final Conference on 23–24 Jan. 2025 in Brussels! 🏫🌳🌿🐝Explore innovative nature-based solutions for schools and sustainable education. 📝 Registration until 14 Jan: forms.office.com/e/U2HQWiREE… 📖 More info: coolschools.eu/final-coolsch… @P_Coolschools
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The call for abstracts has been extended until 30 November. So you have still this week to submit your story.
Our colleagues at the African Forum on Urban Forests have opened the call for abstracts for their forum in March 2025. The call for abstracts closes at 18 November! More information at efuf.org/2024/11/08/call-for…. More information at afuf.co.za/.
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Why were a lot of people hanging around the tree? It was POPLAR.
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Congratulations Filip
Happy to announce the publication of my first book: European Forest Policy and Governance🌳 It offers fresh insights into forest policy research, exploring topics like the circular bioeconomy, forest ownership, and forest fires. ➡️ bit.ly/3Z46hzA #ForestPolicy #Forestry
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The wait is over! We are delighted to announce the call for abstracts for the 4th World Conference on Forests and Parks for Public Health, to be held in Luxembourg, 21-24 May 2025! find out more here: fphcongress.org/abstract-sub…
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