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Working Group 1

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Assessing and monitoring the urban forest

The working group will identify relevant indicators and methods to assess the quality and the functioning of urban forests, which will shape the UFI. As previously described in 1.2.1, these indicators should capture the regulating, cultural, supporting and provision ecosystem services of the urban forest. During this process, the working group will strive towards uniformity and harmonization across EU countries, and – where possible – define goals (benchmarking or baseline) for the different indicators in the framework of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Meet the WG1 Leaders

  • Kieron Doick card_Nov22_blurred_reduced size
    Leader WG1
    Kieron Doick
    kieron.doick@forestresearch.gov.uk
    Forest Research (Great Britain)
    England
  • Dimitris Fotakis
    Co-Leader WG1
    Dimitris Fotakis
    fotakis@elgo.gr
    Forest Research Insitute, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-DIMITRA
    Greece

Key Tasks and Objectives

Task 1

Inventory the parameters and methods used across EU cities for assessing and monitoring their urban forests.

Task Leaders

Associate Prof. Alessio Fini | University of Milan – Italy
Dr. Claire Narraway | Earthwatch Europe – UK
Dr. Benno Augustinus | Scientist, WSL – Switzerland
Associate Prof. Zennure Ucar | İzmir Katip Çelebi University – Türkiye

Task 2

Identify and propose the best indicators and methods for evaluating the different aspects of the urban forest and its management, and which allow for benchmarking.

Task Leaders

TBC

Task 3

Produce a White Paper for an interdisciplinary research strategy to better direct the development of assessing and monitoring the urban forest.

Task Leaders

TBC

Task 4

Identify parameters that can be automatically calculated and updated by the availability of (real-time) open-source datasets.

Task Leaders

TBC

Task 5

Support the development of digital tools or apps for urban forestry management or analysis based on Task 3.

Task Leaders

TBC

Task 6

Apply and demonstrate automated digital tools on three cities across Europe.

Task Leaders

TBC

Meet the other Working Groups

Working Group 2

Strategic management: towards long-term, science-driven approaches in urban forestry

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Working Group 3

Stewardship: building cross-sectoral and inclusive management partnerships

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Working Group 4

Outreach and dissemination

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