The European Forum on Urban Forestry
The European
Forum on Urban Forestry is an unique venue where urban forestry professionals
meet scientists and policy-makers within the field.
The forum meets yearly,
hosted by one of the members.
The Forum is associated with the International Union of Forest Research Organisations’ (IUFRO) urban forestry group, as well as with several European and Nordic networks for urban forestry
15th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
''Urban
Forests - Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Management"
May 8 - 12, 2012 - Leipzig, Germany
Mark your calendar!
The hosts of the conference, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Conservation Biology
and the City of Leipzig, Office for Urban Green and Watercourses invite you to the two conference venues the City Hall and the Leipziger KUBUS.
Conference website
More information on the 2012 European Forum on Urban Forestry: www.ufz.de/efuf2012
Papers and posters are welcome on following sub-themes:
Ecosystem service and sustainable maintenance
Urban forestry and green space management under societal and climate change conditions (includes forests, parks, gardens and street trees)
Management of old urban forests, parks and cemeteries
Planting new forests in urban areas
New strategies for large scale urban green space management
Revitalization of ecosystem services on floodplains, derelict land and traffic corridors, military areas, etc.
Response strategies to new demands of providing healthy living and working conditions
Revitalization and management of urban waterways to improve urban forest health
Papers and posters are welcome on following sub-themes:
Submit your abstract not later than February 29, 2012 to efuf - at - fu-confirm.de.
14th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
''Urban
Forestry: Meeting the Connections through green networks"
June 1 - 4, 2011 - Glasgow, UK
The conference in Glasgow focused on how urban forestry and green networks (green infrastructure) programmes can connect to people and business at the neighbourhood, city-wide and regional scale. The conference presentations are available for download from the conference website: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/efufconference2011.
13th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
''Urban
People Meet Urban Forests"
May 25 - 29, 2010 - Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Visit the official 2010 EFUF website on http://www.clementa.at/efuf for information and registration.
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12th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
''Working
together for green city values"
May 27 - 30, 2009 - Arnhem, Nederland
Arnhem has been acknowledged as the Greenest City in the Netherlands in 2008.To celebrate this ‘green award’, the city of Arnhem hosted the 2009 European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), in collaboration with the Dutch Urban Forestry Network.
The Forum discussed how to promote the many contributions of urban forests to healthy, attractive and competitive cities.
The First Announcement is still available on www.efuf.org/2009announce.pdf.
11th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
''Forest
Recreation and Tourism serving Urbanised Societies''
May 28 - 31, 2008 - Hämeenlinna, Finland
The 11th Forum will be held together with the final conference of COST Action E33 'Forest Recreation and Tourism'. This will ensure some very good speakers on the recreational and touristic values of urban and other woodlands. Hämeenlinna also hosts one of the first National City Parks in Europe, so the setting will be perfect for an urban forestry event.
Click here for more information: http://www.metla.fi/tapahtumat/2008/recreation-tourism/programme.htm
10th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
'New
forests after old Industries'
May 16 - 19, 2007 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Click on the icon to be forwarded to the EFUF 2007 website (http://www.industriewald.nrw.de/industriewaldruhr/content/en/efuf2007/efuf_start.html?jid=1o4)
The abstracts and presentations can be downloaded from the Industriewald-website.
9th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
'Urban
Forestry: bridging cultures, disciplines, old attitudes
& new demands'
May 22 - 26, 2006 - Florence, Italy
Click here to be forwarded to the EFUF 2006 website.
The abstracts of the presentations can be downloaded (pdf, 750 kb).
Jasper Schipperijn (KVL-Euforic) concluded the Forum with a photographic summary (pdf, 3,5 MB).
8th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
'Urban
Forests: A different Trade Mark for Cities and Forestry'
May 9 - 13, 2005 - Celje, Slovenia
Click on the icon to be forwarded to the EFUF 2005 website (www.celje.si/efuf2005)
The main findings of the EFUF 2005 are available through this link. Thanks to Clive Davies to resume these.
7th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
'The Urban Woods to be used by everyone'
May 23 - 27, 2004 - Stockholm, Sweden
More information on www.svo.se/urbanwoods
Please visit the written Forum's Findings (text in pdf, 300 kb) or the presentation of the Findings (pdf, 500 kb).
6th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
'Educating the Urban Foresters'
May 21 - 23, 2003 - Arnhem, The Netherlands & Flanders, Belgium
The Proceedings can be downloaded here (pdf,5 MB).
The Forum's Findings are available! Navigate by choosing the titles in the left column.
Forum website (including photo's).
4th
European
Forum on Urban Forestry
'Partnership
Led Regeneration'
May, 2001 - Durham, United Kingdom
Thurday May 20, 2004 - The proceedings of the 4th Forum are available on CD by mr. Clive Davies. You can also download them here (pdf, 14 MB).