Saida Hammami

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Join As: Individual
  • Name: Saida
  • Surname: Hammami
  • Organisation Name: Higher Agronomic Institute of Chott Mariem Sousse
  • Main Sector: private
  • Specific Sector: urban planning and landscape architecture
  • City: Fouchena
  • Country: Tunisia
  • Description: I'm a landscape architect and I interest in urban agriculture, green spaces and agroforestry.
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Austrian research center for forests (BFW)

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Name: Andrea
  • Surname: Kodym
  • Organisation Name: Austrian research center for forests (BFW)
  • Main Sector: public-academia
  • Specific Sector: forestry and arboriculture
  • City: Vienna
  • Country: Austria
  • Website: http://www.bfw.gv.at
  • Description: We are interested to scientifically accompany tiny forests and to establish practical guidelines on how to set up stable tiny forests for Austria.
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Jennifer Schulz

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Name: Jennifer
  • Surname: Schulz
  • Organisation Name: University of Potsdam
  • Main Sector: private
  • Specific Sector: urban planning and landscape architecture
  • City: Potsdam
  • Country: Germany
  • Website: http://www.urbane-waldgaerten.de
  • Description: I am interested in knowledge exchange on trainings, networking and collaboration. I lead the implementation & research project "Urbane Waldgärten" (Urban Forest Gardens) in Germany, also with the aim to broaden the knowledge base of urban forest gardens as a special type of urban forests.
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Greening cities with the Transilvania University of Brasov

brasov urban forest
Photo: Geo Mada (Pexel)

The national launch of the Uforest project in Romania

Organised by Uforest partner the Transilvania University of Brasov, the launch event took place on the 31st of March 2023 at the Research and Development Institute of the University.

Almost a 100 people participated to the event, including the director of the National Agency for  Environment Protection, the director of Brasov Environment Protection Agency, the director of Kronstadt Forest Administration, as well as the representatives of the National Forest Administration, Forest Guard, local council, forest research institute.

The event included presentations by different experts, among which the Rector of the University prof. dr. eng. Ioan Vasile Abrudan. Besides presenting the Uforest project and its opportunities, the presentation also offered a space to discuss the potential of urban forests for greener and healthier cities.

Finally, the second part of the event saw participants directly on the field, experiencing what it is like to plant trees and grow a new urban forest. The trees were planted in the yard of the Institute, with the support of the Local Public Directorate of Forests – Kronstadt RA. The weather was harsh, but our novice urban foresters were unstoppable. 

Check out the pictures of the event!

BOSQUE & CIUDAD SAS

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Name: Alisson
  • Surname: Molina
  • Organisation Name: BOSQUE & CIUDAD SAS
  • Main Sector: private
  • Specific Sector: forestry and arboriculture
  • City: Bogota
  • Country: Colombia
  • Website: http://www.bosqueyciudad.com
  • Social: https://co.linkedin.com/company/bosque-&-ciudad-sas
  • Description: Bosque & Ciudad fue creada en 2014, en una empresa especializada en proveer soluciones integrales en el campo de la arboricultura y paisajismo con el propósito de brindar un adecuado manejo y cuidado de las zonas verdes y el recurso arbóreo en beneficio de las condiciones ecológicas de nuestras ciudades.
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Iryna Protsenko

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Name: Iryna
  • Surname: Protsenko
  • Organisation Name: ХНУМГ
  • Main Sector: private
  • Specific Sector: forestry and arboriculture
  • City: Kyiv
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Social: http://Iryna Protsenko
  • Description: I'm interested in ecological solutions for issues in cities, such as flooding, hit island effect, and biodiversity loss. I'd like to develop new projects and participate in their implication.
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Rishika Sharma

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Name: Rishika
  • Surname: Sharma
  • Organisation Name: IIFM
  • Main Sector: private
  • Specific Sector: forestry and arboriculture
  • City: Jaipur
  • Country: India
  • Description: I am a student of forestry
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Marco Fachada

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Name: Marco
  • Surname: Fachada
  • Main Sector: private
  • Specific Sector: forestry and arboriculture
  • City: Chaves
  • Country: Portugal
  • Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-fachada-b1998523/
  • Description: I work as a rural development technician and also I've been studying the wild fauna populations (specially birds) in urban and peri-urban areas.
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Grand Opening of EFI’s Biocities Facility

Events from the AllianceOrganizer: European Forest Institute
Where: Rome. Italy
Date: 20 April 2023

EFI has opened a new facility in Rome on Biocities: a new vision to rethink our urban environment with the transformative power of trees, forests and wood. EFI will address this topic in partnership with other networks, disciplines and actors willing to place nature at the centre of the urban agenda, to create healthy, sustainable and resilient cities as well as sustainable rural-urban interfaces.

We will launch the Biocities work at a special event on 20 April 2023 in Rome, as part of the celebration of EFI’s 30th anniversary year.

The event is divided in three parts:
1) High-level opening (in-person)
2) ThinkForest seminar: “Forests and the cities of the future” 10:30-12:30 CET
Livestream link: https://youtube.com/live/0DlMWr19rJk?feature=share
Join our panellists Stefano Boeri (Stefano Boeri Architetti), Rossella Ravagli (Giorgio Armani SPA), Yvonne Lynch (International Green Cities Expert) and Sandra Frank (Co-founder Arvet) as they explore the challenges and opportunities for cities and the role forests can play.
3) Transforming Biocities: “Designing urban spaces inspired by nature” 14:00-17:00 CET.
Livestream link: https://youtube.com/live/P-nzrc9pt4I?feature=share
What is a Biocity? Explore the latest research on Biocities with experts from the European Forest Institute, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Bern University, Forest Research, University of Tuscia, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, University of Sassari, and the University of Rome-Sapienza.

Moreover, get a preview of the upcoming book “Transforming Biocities” directly from the co-authors.

View the programme and find out more about our speakers here.

Image: stock.adobe.com – pyty

Federico Bonetti

is part of the Uforest Alliance connecting individuals and organizations in Uforest activities!

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  • Name: Federico
  • Surname: Bonetti
  • Organisation Name: Dottore agronomo
  • Main Sector: private
  • Specific Sector: forestry and arboriculture
  • City: Vergiate
  • Country: Italy
  • Website: http://www.federicobonetti.it
  • Social: http://@federicobonettiagronomo - instagram
  • Description: I am an agronomist specialised in forest management, urban forestry and arboriculture.
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