Project Updates

With 23 seminars and workshops, 8 field trips, and 1 project development activity, the two weeks of the Uforest Specialization School were quite intense. Today we look back at this training to better understand how it went and what was the students’ perception of their experience. After analyzing the results of our survey, we are happy to say that we receive very positive feedback.

In the framework of the Specialization School, the Innovation Challenge will see students developing their own urban forestry project to address a specific challenge.

Starting on the 12th of September the Uforest Specialization School is a 14-day in-presence training, with one week in Milan and one week in Barcelona. The Specialization School aims at providing students with the necessary skills and insights to work in the urban forestry sector.

In the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities, our workshop “Forests and trees for better and healthier cities” will discuss recent developments in urban forestry at EU level, the challenges they face and the opportunities they can provide.

A Uforest workshop at the Waldfestival in Bonn On the 4th of July, the workshop “The Potential of Urban Forests” took place in the young atmosphere of the first Waldfestival in Bonn. The workshop focused on shedding light on the importance of these Nature-based Solutions within our cities. Based on the work of the Uforest …

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The first edition of our online course “Nature in the city: turning knowledge into urban forestry practice” took place from the 21st of November 2022 until the 21st of May 2023. In these 6 months, more than 1,000 learners from all over the world had the opportunity to gain knowledge on the fundamentals of urban forestry. Today, we look at the feedback we received from them.

A workshop developed by our Romanian partners On the 29th and 31st of May 2023, our Romanian partners the University of Brasov and Forest Design led a workshop at the University of Brasov. The workshop focused on managing and monitoring techniques in urban forestry, including also some case studies of different applications across Brasov.  Over …

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A 2-days-workshop with our Italian partners Urban forestry represents an effective solution to many challenges brought about by climate change and rapid urbanisation. In fact, urban forests do not only positive impacts not only on the environment, but also on the on communities and the health of citizens. However, today good practices and innovation in …

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Presentation of the Uforest project and workshop for professionals with our Spanish partners Urban forests provide a wide range of environmental, social and economic benefits, making them a Nature-based Solution (NBS) that allows us to address many urban challenges such as the heat island effect or pollution. On 3rd and 4th of May, our spanish …

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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.