EFUF 2017 | Metropolis Barcelona

May 31-June 2

Urban Forest Boundaries

Within, between and beyond the city

Presentation

The European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) celebrates its 20th anniversary in the metropolis of Barcelona. The congress is open to international researchers and professionals who are interested in reflecting on the urban forest fringe areas as spaces of opportunities that can be connected with and contribute to the territory.

Twenty-first century cities have transformed their way of thinking: they have abandoned the idea of a central city with peripheral areas to now view the metropolis as a territorial mosaic of spaces, corridors and flows; a biophysical matrix where green infrastructure structures the territory to the detriment of the role of large transport infrastructure, and where spaces at the edge, on the limit, stop being administrative lines and begin to be seen as strategic spaces for ecology, leisure and production.

Under the title: "Urban Forest Boundaries. Within, between and beyond the city” we raise the importance of urban and peri-urban forests in building a sustainable and healthy landscape. We address issues such as ecological connectivity, compatibility of ecosystem services, biodiversity and disturbances, and the social aspects of forest management and planning those fringe areas in collaboration with the new culture of leisure. For all the above, we invite you to participate in our Congress, so that together we can address the latent problems in the contact and interaction between two realities destined to coexist: the city and open spaces.

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Programme

Final Programme

Calendari
May 30^th

Welcome

Meet the organisation and EFUF delegates in a welcome cocktail party.
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  19.30h
  
  Welcome cocktail | Gardens of the Royal Palace of Pedralbes Diagonal Avenue 686, 08034, Barcelona
Calendari
May 31^st

Connectivity and ecological value

The urban forest, especially the boundaries, can play a fundamental role in improving environmental conditions and in preserving biodiversity (regulation of erosion and hydrology, ecological connectivity, neo-ecosystems, etc.)

Keywords: connectivity, biodiversity, new ecosystems, canopy, climate change, resilience.
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  Location
  
  Headquarters of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
  16-18, 62 Street. Zona Franca, Barcelona 08040
  T. +34 93 223 51 51
  
  8.00 - 9.00
  
  Registration | Inscriptions
  
  9.00 - 9.15
  
  Welcome to the European Forum on Urban Forestry
  
  9.15 - 9.45
  
  Opening Conference
  “Ecological values of Metropolitan forests; the case in Barcelona”
  Joan Pino, Doctor in Biology and Professor of Information Technology at the UAB
  
  9.45 -11.00
  
  Plenary Session
  “Connectivity and ecological values”
  
  11.00 - 11.30
  
  Coffee break | Exhibition of posters and networking
  
  11.30 - 13.30
  
  PechaKucha Presentations 20x20
  
  Room 1 | Connectivity and ecological values
  Room 2 | Social and economic values
  
  13.30 - 14.00
  
  Conclusions of the day
  
  14.00 - 15.00
  
  Lunch
  
  15.00 - 18.00
  
  Guided excursion to the Llobregat River Park
  You will visit the Llobregat River Park and discover its agricultural values during an interesting bike tour (limited availability).
  
  Guided excursion to the Botanical Garden of Barcelona
  Explore the world of Mediterranian climate through the species from arround the world (limited availability).
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June 1^st

Social and economic values

Urban forest has many different social and economic functions, ranging from the provision of population with opportunities for leisure, health and welfare, to the contribution to energy savings in heating and cooling. Due to its nearness to urban zones, forest boundaries are also strategic metropolitan spaces.

Keywords: health, leisure, social inclusion, equity, circular economy, local economy, economic valuation of ecosystemic services, cultural landscape.
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  Location
  
  Headquarters of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
  16-18, 62 Street, Zona Franca, Barcelona 08040
  T.+34 93 223 51 51
  
  9.15 - 9.45
  
  Opening Conference
  “One million urban trees, two million human voices”
  Cecil Konijnendijk, professor of Urban Forestry in the Department of Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia - Vancouver (Canada).
  
  9.45 - 11.00
  
  Plenary Session
  “Social and economic values”
  
  11.00 - 11.30
  
  Coffee break | Exhibition of posters and networking
  
  11.30 - 13.30
  
  PechaKucha Presentations 20x20
  
  Room 1 | Complexity and management of urban forests
  Room 2 | Challenges of communication
  
  13.00 - 14.00
  
  Conclusions of the day
  
  14.00 - 15.00
  
  Lunch
  
  15.00 - 18.00
  
  Guided excursion to the Collserola Natural Park
  Discover a view of the metropolis from Collserola tower and discover Collserola Natural Park guided by the forester managers (limited availability).
  
  Guided excursion to the Besos River Park
  Enjoy a bike tour from the Can Zam Metropolitan Park to the Besos river mouth and find out the emblematic landscape restoration project (limited availability).
  
  18.00 - 20.00
  
  Free time
  
  20.30
  
  Forum Dinner
  Restaurant from the Sport Centre La Salut, 75 Mare de Déu de la Salut St
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June 2^nd

Towards a comprehensive approach

A global comprehension of the benefits and multiple uses of the urban forest is required. Urban planning, design and public management of the forest boundaries must integrate ecological and socio-economical perspective on its approaches.

Keywords: nature based solutions, adaptive management, citizen participation.

Communication challenges

Communication plays a key role in decision making. Regarding urban forests, we should face the triple challenge of a highly changing ecological environment, a particular social perception of the agroforestry areas and a lack of technical references for the evaluation of environmental disturbances due to its proximity to urban spaces.

Keywords: decision-making, communication strategies, governance, participatory practices, resilience.
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  Location
  
  Headquarters of Catalan Studies Institut
  Carme Street, 47. Barcelona, 08001
  T. +34 932 701 620
  
  9.00 - 10.30
  
  Plenary Session
  “Complexity and management of urban forests”
  
  10.30 - 12.00
  
  Plenary Session
  “Challenges of communication”
  
  11.15 - 12.00
  
  Coffee break - Brunch | Marketplace
  
  12.30 - 13.45
  
  20th anniversary of the EFUF
  “Looking back and looking to the future”
  
  13:45 - 14:30
  
  Announcement of the EFUF 2018 edition
  “Young Urban Forester of the year” Award
  Presentation of the EFUF association
  
  14.40 - 15.00
  
  Closing Conference
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June 3^rd

Metropolis Barcelona trip

For those who have time, we would like to invite you to an activity organised specially for participants. We will visit different emblematic spots in order to discover the green metropolitan infrastructure.

Book of abstracts

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Calendar

December 20^th 2016

Call for papers (abstracts, posters...)
January 30^th 2017

Early registration rate
Call for EFUF Atlas
March 15^th 2017

Closing date for call for papers.
March 24^th 2017

Scientific Committee meeting and keynote speakers announced.
March 30^th 2017

Final programme
May 10^th 2017

End of early registration rate
May 24^nd 2017

Registration deadline
May to 31^th 2017

June 2^nd 2017

European Forum on Urban Forestry

Call for papers

The European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) celebrates its 20th anniversary in the metropolis of Barcelona. The congress is open to researchers and professionals from Europe who are interested in reflecting on the urban forest fringe areas as spaces of opportunities that can be connected with and contribute to the territory.

Paper submission closed

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Atlas

mapa atles — Participate in the EFUF Atlas! You can collaborate by sharing projects, plans and initiatives on urban forest boundaries in European cities to develop a library of them. The scientific committee will evaluate the submissions and holds the right to accept or reject them to ensure the atlas quality, and will choose the most relevant projects to show them on the forum.

Explore Atlas *link*

Speakers

Opening conferences

Cecil Konijnendijk

One million urban trees, two million human voices

Professor of Urban Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Cecil Konijnendijk

Professor of Urban Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada

He joined the Department of Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, as a professor in Urban Forestry in July 2016. Dr. Konijnendijk is a Dutch national who moved to Canada from Sweden, where he headed the landscape department at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

One million urban trees, two million human voices

Urban forests is obviously about trees, but it is even more about people. Urban foresters operate in forests of many different voices and opinions. Cecil Konijnendijk’s keynote will discuss the impact of increasing socio-cultural diversity in cities on our urban forests. Moreover, he will highlight how increasing diversity should be incorporated in governance and economic thinking about urban forests. Cecil will draw upon examples from across the globe, but will give special attention to Canadian cities such as Vancouver. The latter is a highly multicultural city – and one with a strong ‘green agenda’, as reflected in the ambition to expand the urban forest with 150,000 trees by 2020. Yet, the city’s tree canopy has been decreasing due to economic development and densification.

How can this trend be reversed – and what are the opportunities for new alliances and engaging with diversity communities?

Opening conference

May 31st

9.15h
Joan Pino

Metropolitan green infrastructure

Professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

Joan Pino

Professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

PhD in Biology from the University of Barcelona and Master's degree in Geographical Information Technologies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Currently, he is a Professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, researcher at CREAF and Chairman of ICHN (Catalan Institution of Natural History). His research focuses on the ecology of metropolitan landscapes and their relation to the preservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, as well as applying these results to territorial planning

Metropolitan green infrastructure

Fitting new, historical and transitional ecosystems into the urban context

Open spaces that occupy most of the metropolitan area are responsible for the maintenance of a very interesting biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services to citizens. However, the alterations that came along with the historical and contemporary transformations of the metropolitan landscape have influenced the ecosystems. The case of Barcelona will illustrate the conference: the general situation of these ecosystems will be evaluated, focusing on the need to preserve them. The conference will also show a few examples on how the alterations have determined the structure and composition of the metropolitan ecosystems, where lots of very different species can be found (very demanding species together with species that belong to humanised landscapes, often exotic), leading to new ecosystems with their own new rules and features.

Opening conference

June 1st

9.15h

All speakers

ROOM 1

May 31st

Connectivity and ecological values

9.45

Plenary Session

Antoni ALARCÓN, Consorci del Besós
Ecological and landscape connectivity in the river areas

Eugènia VIDAL-CASANOVAS, et al; Barcelona Metropolitan Area, AMB
A multiple approach towards ecological connectivity: the future functional space of the Collserola Park as a case study.

Hans Dieter KASPERIDUS, UFZ
3D vizualisation as tool for improving species and structural diversity analysis in Leipzig’s urban floodplain forest. Urban floodplain forest, forest inventory, 3d stand structure.

Josep LASCURAIN, SGM SL
Connecting what? Lessons learned from the Collserola-Marina divide.

Maria Beatrice ANDREUCCI, Sapienza Università di Roma
Growing the Urban Forest in Rome (Italy).

Thomas SMILEY, Bartlett Tree Research Lab
Root management in the urban environment.

11.30

Pechakucha Presentation 20x20

11.30

Andrej VERLIČ, Slovenian Forestry Institute
LLIFE ARTEMIS: Awareness Raising, Training and Measures on Invasive alien Species in forests.

11.38

Sara CORSINOVI, Università di Firenze
Monitoring the spread of phytophthoraspp, in water bodies of green parks areas of the Milan hinterland.

11.46

Claudia Fernanda
Uban Forest In Arid Zones; Criteria For selecting Species Of Low Water Requirement

11.54

Jacob CIRERA, Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
Collserola and green metropolitan infrastructure

12.02

Xavier MAYOR, Estudi Xavier Mayor et al SL
Ecological configuration of public space to improve the population's ecosystem services.

12.10

Albert Bach PAGÈS, ICTA-UAB
Biogenic volatile organic compounds, forest air and forest management.

12.18

Naomi ZÜRCHER, Arbor aegis
Rethinking the urban green corridor: Connecting city streets with city edges via an urban forest web.

12.26

Pablo KNOBEL GUELAR, ICTA-UAB
Unveiling urban green heterogeneity. The Barcelona case study in a Mediterranean setting.

12.34

Artur Gonçalves
Urban Climate, the Role of the Urban Green Spaces – The Case Study of the City of Bragança (Portugal)

12.42

John PARKER, London Tree Officers Association
Surface materials around trees in hard landscapes.

12.50

Irina NĂSTASE, University of Bucharest
Evaluation of urban forests connectivity in relation to spatial patterns of urban green infrastructures.

12.58

Mohammad Rahman
"Cooling benefits of urban trees – how much species selection and planting design matter?"

13.06

Ignacio J. DÍAZ-MAROTO, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
The role of the urban forests in ecological connectivity: Green belt of the Lugo city, Spain.

13.14

Salvatore MORICCA, Università di Firenze
Land use and climate change trigger phytophthora infestation in an amenity urban wood in Milan.

June 1st

Social and economical values

9.45

Plenary Session

Eduard PLANA BACH, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia, CTFC
The relationship between peri-urban forests and society: management and communication of the risk of wildfires as a reason of dialogue.

Antoni FARRERO, et al, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, AMB.
Linking agricultural and forest management to the preservation and enhancement of the built heritage: perspectives and possibilities from PEPNat.

Arne ARNBERGER, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Forest insect impacts on visual preferences of urban forest visitors; emerald ash borer; discrete choice; urbanized viewscapes.

Atmi ERDOĞAN, Bartin University
Changes in perception of urban forests in Turkey.

Towards a comprehensive approach

11.30

Pechakucha Presentation 20x20

11.30

Isabel TOMÉ, et al; Barcelona Metropolitan Area, AMB
Three strategies along the Besós river.

11.38

Fabio SALBITANO, University of Florence
Research on urban forest and green spaces in the Mediterranean region: a review.

11.46

Bianca BAERLOCHER, Bern University of applied Sciences
ArboCityNet – A cross-sectoral and transdisciplinary Swiss urban forestry network.

11.54

Maria Luisa SOLSONA GILABERT, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, AMB
Can Ginestar Park.

12.02

Corina BASNOU, CREAF
Biodiversity and ecosystem services patterns in the province of Barcelona: implications for green infrastructure planning at the landscape scale.

12.10

Carles DALMASES, et al; Diputació de Barcelona
Forest and land planning in metropolitan areas.

12.18

Carles CASAMOR, et al; BAENA CASAMOR ARQUITECTES BCQ, SLP
Tres Turons.

12.26

Teresa GOMEZ-FABRA, et al; Barcelona Metropolitan Area, AMB
The metropolitan edges: spaces for relationship and exchanges. Strategic PDU project.

12.34

Martí FRANCH BATLLORI, Estudi Martí Franch Arquitectura del Paisatge
Girona: the city edges. Practices and open methodology for implementing green urban Infrastructure in Girona.

12.42

Pepa MORÁN NÚÑEZ, Mblandarch-UPC
Methodology for urban forest landscape planning to reduce the risk of major forest fires.

12.50

Carlos HENRIQUES FERREIRA, Joana PEREIRA,
Territorial boundaries and urban challenges. New approaches in the peripheral areas of Lisbon.

12.58

Goran KRSNIK, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia, CTFC
Importance of urban forests for urban heat island management.º

ROOM 2

May 31st

Social and economical values

11.30

Pechakucha Presentation 20x20

11.30

Giuseppe COLANGELO, University of Bari
Estimating tree structure and parameters using terrain laser scanner.

11.38

Dina ALSAWI ABBOUD, Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
Environmental and social values of metropolitan parks.

11.46

Pepa MORÁN NÚÑEZ, MBLandArch-UPC
Management methodology of the Parc del Riu: from plantation to managed ecosystem.

11.54

Giovanna LOGULLO, University of Lleida
Payment of ecosystem services: A tool for water resource protection in the region of Curitiba, Brazil.

12.02

Xavier NOGUÉS, et al; Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
Section II of the Castelldefels seafront. Castelldefels dune regeneration.

12.10

Isabel RAVENTÓS, Collserola Park
Collserola, 30 years of management: Social use and preservation of natural systems.

12.18

Mariela Arboit
Analysis of vegetation indices in low-density forested urban enviroments with dry climates. Case: Metropolitan Area of Mendoza, Argentina.

12.26

Alessandra CAPRINI and Oscar Arroyo, ASPESIA SL
Landscape from infrastructure.

12.34

Steffen RUST, University of Applied Science and Art
Non-destructive tree risk assessment - recent developments and new approaches.

12.42

Sofia VALENZUELA FUENTES, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Defending the skyline.

12.50

Roser CAMPENY, et al; Minuartia Estudis Ambientals
Contribution of Parc de l’Alba to the ecological restoration and strengthening of green infrastructure in the Barcelona metropolitan area.

12.58

Samantha KWAN, Sarawak Forestry Corporation
Restoring a forest in urban Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia - The Piasau camp story.

June 1st

Communication challenges

11.30

Pechakucha Presentation 20x20

11.30

Rik DE VREESE, BOS+ & Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
#DokterBos #DoctorWoods - a Social media campaign to raise awareness on the impact of nature, forest and green on public health and well-being (Flanders, Belgium).

11.38

Xavier ESTIVILL, et al; MOMENTUM.
The public participatory process for the new Collserola Plan [PEPNat].

11.46

Ana Belén NORIEGA BRAVO, PEFC SPAIN
Sustainability & communication tools in urban forestry.

11.54

Joachim ENGLERT, SocialForest
Social urban forestry.

12.02

Wilkes-Allemann
Jerylee Governing peri-urban forestry: filling the regulation gap with Swiss nature discovery parks?

12.10

Isabel SALVÀ ROSSELLÓ, Ajuntament de Badalona
Urban commitment to spaces on the edge.

12.18

Antoni CASAMOR, BAENA CASAMOR ARQUITECTES BCQ, SLP
How to enjoy environment without disturbing it.

12.26

Johan ÖSTBERG, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Urban Tree Inventories – What to do with data.

IEC (INSTITUT D’ESTUDIS CATALANS)

June 2st

Towards a comprehensive approach

9.00

Plenary Session

Enric BATLLE, Batlle i Roig Arquitectura
Merging public space and nature. Constructing an efficient urban metabolism.

Robert NORTHROP, University of Florida
Science, Policy and Management

Carles CASTELL, Diputació de Barcelona Urban forest as a key to metropolitan green infrastructure.

Matilda VAN DEN BOSCH, The University of British Columbia
Urban natural environments as Nature based solutions for improved public health – a systematic review of reviews.

Benedetto SELLERI, Pan Associati S.R.L.
The EXPO landscape in EFUF perspective: from 2013 to 2017.

Alan SIMSON, et al; Leeds Beckett University
Polycentric city regions - Urban forestry & landscape structure planning.

Communication challenges

10.30

Plenary Session

Clive DAVIES, et al; Newcastle University
Different approaches to governance of urban greenspace in Europe through a trans-sectional study.

Ana ROMERO CÀLIX; Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
Governance and educational value of transition spaces.

Sara FRYER BARRON, University of British Columbia Future forest scenarios.

Chris BAINES, Chris Baines Associates Ltd
Domestic gardens as a key to biodiversity and public engagement in the urban forest.

Christoph SCHRÖDER, Malaga University
Social Innovation and Urban Forests - the role of science and social movements to influence decision making about urban forest design.

POSTER EXHIBITION

From May 31st to June 1st

Connectivity and ecological value

Virgínia VALLVÉ CÁDIZ, Ajuntament de Cornellà de Llobregat
Cornellà Nature

Enrique ÁLVAREZ DOMÍNGUEZ, CREAF
Spread to urban edges of ornamental alien plants planted in Barcelona gardens.

Jaume MARLÈS MAGRE, ICTA-UAB
Assessing the urban green factors influencing the nesting of passerines. The case study of a Mediterranean city in Catalonia, Valls.

Yolanda MELERO, CREAF
Butterfly biodiversity, dispersal and permeability.

Jordi CAMPRODÓN, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia, CTFC
Promoting biodiversity in urban green areas in Barcelona.

Social and economic values

Ignacio Javier DÍAZ-MAROTO, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Socioeconomic functions of urban forests and their landscape boundaries as areas of vital importance for conservation: Case study in Lugo city, Spain.

Joan ROVIRA BLANCO, Diputació de Barcelona
Participation of social third-sector organisations in the improvement of forest habitats in metropolitan environments (Parc de la Serralada de Marina).

Josep LASCURAIN, SGM SL
Perception vs evidence. Human induced impacts on the urban-forest fringe perceived human impact, #social-media listening, and recreation ecology.

Laia Mestre
Butterfly biodiversity, dispersal, permeability

Jordi Camprodon
Recovery and implementation of agricultural plots on the Barcelona side of the Collserola ranges

Fermín J. ALCASENA URDÍROZ, Universitat de Lleida
The contribution of biophysical wildfire modeling and risk assessment to landscape and urban planning in the Wildland Urban Interface.

Towards a comprehensive approach

Joan Carles SALLAS PUIGDELLIVOL, Ajuntament de Cerdanyola del Vallès
Cerdanyola, the healthy city near Collserola Park.

Laura MARTÍN MARTÍNEZ, Ajuntament de Sant Cugat del Vallès
The application of the patch-corridor-matrix model in three territorial plans of three European urban regions.

Joan PINO, CREAF
Relevance of interstitial and edge spaces in the green infrastructure of the Barcelona metropolitan area.

Antoni MARTÍNEZ, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Green cooling corridor for the city of Palma (Mallorca, Spain).

Álvaro CLUA, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Natural urbanity on the urban edge. Design considerations for Torre-Negra, Collserola.

Communication challenges

Rik DE VREESE, BOS+ & Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Green Learning Environments for children with learning disabilities.

Ana ROMERO, et al; Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
Urban forests? An educational proposal.

Lídia BARCELÓ, et al; Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
The socio-environmental values of parks (tutorial).

Urša VILHAR, Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije
OOptimizing water retention potential in urban forests.

Jaroslav Kolarik
"Sustainable system of tree management within arboriculture in the Czech Republic", economic valuation of ecosystemic services, social inclusion

Comittee

Organising Committee

Ramon Torra i Xicoy

AMB General Manager

Degree in Architecture from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (1980). He currently holds the General Manager position at Barcelona Metropolitan Area and is Chief Executive Officer at IMPSOL (Metropolitan Institute for Land Development and Management). He was also an author of the Barcelona Metropolitan Territorial Plan and is a Professor at UPC and EAPC, teaching different Master's degrees and postgraduate courses.
Toni Trasobares

Director of Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)

PhD in Forestry Management Planning and Economics from Joensuu University, Finland. Author of different scientific and technological-transfer publications in the fields of multifunctional forestry management, adaptation to climate change and forestry economics.
Montse Barniol

Forestry General Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia)

Degree in Geography from Girona University, Expert in Business and Tourist Activities and also completed a postgraduate degree in Local Government. In 2003 she coordinated Asialink, a European project lead by Salzburg University (Austria).
Javier Retana

Director of CREAF (Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre)

Professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research is based on the study of forestry dynamics and the effect of disturbances, particularly fire, on the wildlife and flora. At CREAF, he coordinates a research group on the "Dynamic of the forest ecosystems and fire ecology", which was awarded the title of Group of Excellence by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia)
Jesús Calderer

Natural Spaces Joint Representative for Diputació de Barcelona (Barcelona Provincial Council)

Mayor of Cercs (Province of Barcelona). His professional career has focused on business activities combined with different institutional posts such as Chairman of the Association of Berguedà Municipalities for Biomass and Deputy Vice-president of the Berguedà Development Agency (Province of Barcelona).
Clive Davies

International consultant

Clive Davies is an international consultant and academic in Green Infrastructure and Urban Forestry. He has over 35 years’ experience in both practice and research. Clive works extensively across Europe and is a member of COST Action ‘GreenInUrbs’ and EFUF. He is closely affiliated with Newcastle University (UK), GREENLAB at UNIBA (IT) and is Director of MD2 Consulting Ltd.
Albert Garduño

Head of Communications at EFIMED (Mediterranean Regional Office of the European Forest Institute)

Degree in PR, Advertising and Communication from Ramon Llull University and Master's degree in Human Rights, Democracy and Globalisation at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).
Ramon Moliner

President of ELFOCAT (Forest Local Entities Association of Catalonia)

Senior technical telecommunications engineer. He is the Chairman of ELFOCAT and Vice-president of the European Federation of Municipal Forest Owners (FECOF) as well as the Mayor of Alp (Province of Girona) and Chairman of the Cerdanya County Council (Province of Girona).
Martí Boada

Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

PhD in Environmental Sciences. He also completed a degree in Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, studied Sociology in the Catholic Institute of Social Studies of Barcelona (ICESB) and Chemistry at the Barcelona Industrial School. He is also a member of the Spanish Committee of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and a professor and researcher at the Science and Environmental Technology Institute (ICTA) among other universities and Master's degrees.

Local Scientific Committee

Antoni Farrero

General Infrastructure Coordinator at AMB

PhD in Forest Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. His professional career has seen him work in depth on the planning, management and construction of projects related to the environment and public spaces, both for governing bodies and the private sector.
Cristina Vega

Researcher affiliated to the Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)

Full University Professor of Landscape Forestry and Ecological Planning at Lleida University and researcher affiliated to the Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia. She has worked on scenic valuation of forests and on the modelling of the threat of wildfires to landscape for its integration in multifunctional forestry planning, particularly in the urban-forest interphase and on its socio-economic impact.
Xavier Clopés

Joint Forestry Analyst for the Deputy Directorate General of Forestry of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia)

Degree in Forest Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 1984. His professional career has been associated with the forestry administration of Catalonia since 1987, with broad experience in private and public forestry management in all of its fields. Head of the Forestry Management Service from 2003 until 2011 and was Deputy Director General of Forestry of Catalonia until January 2017.
Carles Castell

Natural Spaces Management Expert at Diputació de Barcelona (Barcelona Provincial Council)

PhD in Biology and Master's degrees in Managerial Functions and Environmental Management in Rural Areas. He researched the dynamic of Mediterranean ecosystems for ten years at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has participated in projects of protected natural spaces and territorial and urban planning in his role as Natural Spaces Management Expert at Diputació de Barcelona (Barcelona Provincial Council).
Joan Pino

Professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

PhD in Biology from the University of Barcelona and Master's degree in Geographical Information Technologies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Currently, he is a Professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, researcher at CREAF and Chairman of ICHN (Catalan Institution of Natural History). His research focuses on the ecology of metropolitan landscapes and their relation to the preservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services, as well as applying these results to territorial planning.
Roser Maneja

Researcher of Environmental Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

PhD in Environmental Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2010 and Master's degree in Environmental Science, specialising in Ecological Economy, also from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2007. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), mainly in the research fields of environmental education and scientific communication and dissemination. She was previously a member of the research group directed by Dr. Martí Boada since 2002.
Narcís Ribes

Director of ELFOCAT (Forest Local Entities Association of Catalonia)

Forestry engineer and consultant. Currently the director of ELFOCAT, he previously worked in the forest engineering business and his previous roles include Director-Conservator of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park (Province of Girona), Chairman of the Consortium for the Protection and Management of Alta Garrotxa (Province of Girona), Dean of the Forestry College of Engineers of Catalonia, Head of the Small Municipalities and Deprived Areas Programme of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) and Mayor of Montagut i Oix (Province of Girona).
Inazio Martínez de Aro

Head of Office at EFIMED (Mediterranean Regional Office of the European Forest Institute)

Degree in Biology/Biological Science and Terrestrial Ecology from the University of the Basque Country and Master's degrees in Territorial Planning from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and in Forest Science and Silviculture from Austral University of Chile. Former Executive Chairman of the Union of Foresters of Southern Europe (USSE). His previous roles include Coordinator of Forest Research and Researcher at the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research (NEIKER), Chairman of the European Institute for Cultivated Forests (IEFC) and Professor at University of Concepción, in Chile.

International Scientific Committee

Cecil Konijnendijk

Professor of Urban Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada.

He joined the Department of Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, as a professor in Urban Forestry in July 2016. Dr. Konijnendijk is a Dutch national who moved to Canada from Sweden, where he headed the landscape department at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Clive Davies

International consultant

Clive Davies is an international consultant and academic in Green Infrastructure and Urban Forestry. He has over 35 years’ experience in both practice and research. Clive works extensively across Europe and is a member of COST Action ‘GreenInUrbs’ and EFUF. He is closely affiliated with Newcastle University (UK), GREENLAB at UNIBA (IT) and is Director of MD2 Consulting Ltd.
Alan Simson

Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

He has been involved with landscape urbanism, urban forestry, urban greening, and urban design for many years. He chairs the White Rose Forest, a regional community forest project, and is an Executive Board Member of the Yorkshire West Local Nature Partnership.
Andrej Verlič

BSc in Forestry and PhD in Environmental Protection from the University of Ljubljana.

He works as a research assistant at the Department for Forest Ecology at the Slovenian Forestry Institute. He focuses his research on the governance of forest recreation, perception of forest environment and evaluation of the tourist and recreational use of forests. He was recently involved in an awareness-raising campaign regarding the impact of invasive alien species on forests.
Renate Susanna Spaeth

Forest Officer and Project Leader on urban forestry.

Member of several projects in the fields of forestry, environment, natural preservation in forests, gender and forestry, regional planning, urban forestry and urban greening.
Giovanni Sanesi

Full Professor at the University of Bari

Professor Sanesi is also Deputy of International Affairs at the University of Bari, fellow of the Accademia dei Georgofili, Italy; fellow of the Italian Academy of Forest Sciences (AISF), member of the Directive Committee of the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forestry Ecology (SISEF) and Chair of World Urban Parks applied research working group.

Technical and Scientific Coordination

Helena Sanz

Scientific coordinator

Degree in Architecture from the Superior School of Architecture of Barcelona. She also completed a postgraduate degree on "Territorial Project" of the European Master's degree in Urbanism at the UPC Foundation and is currently completing her thesis for her Master's degree in Urbanism and Territorial Planning at DUOT-UPC. She currently combines her tasks in the scientific dissemination of issues related with territory at AMB, with professional tasks in the fields of urbanism and territorial planning.
Eugènia Vidal

Scientific Coordinator

PhD in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and Master's degree in Urbanism from Columbia University (CU). She also has professional and teaching experience in Europe, the United States and Asia and is currently working at the Directorate of Urban Services at Barcelona Metropolitan Area, where she is part of the team of authors working on the Special Plan of Serra de Collserola Natural Park (Barcelona).
Elena Argelich

International Advisor at Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)

Responsible for research and identification of new opportunities in the 2014-2020 UE Programs. Advice and support in international relations and management of European projects. Monitoring and participation on conferences and international networks.
Laura Bertran Arrufat

Architect by ETSAV of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia

She is currently working as an architect at the Innovation Service of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, specializing in geographical representation and information systems (GIS).
Assu Planas

Head of Scientific Communication and Dissemination at Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)

With a degree in Communication Sciences from UAB, she is the CTFC Head of Press and Protocol. She manages the CTFC blogs and social media accounts as well as different projects related to the entity. She also provides support in the management tasks and organisation of congresses and events that CTFC takes part in.
Carla Bellera

Scientific communication and dissemination at Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)

She performs tasks related to the organisation and management of events, national and international congresses and dissemination activities related to developed research at CTFC. She also participates in the management tasks of CTFC's blogs and social media accounts and in the creation of digital contents. She completed a postgraduate degree in Public Communication of Science at UBA, has a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from Girona University and has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Contact

Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia

+34 973 48 17 52 Ext.: 326

Logistical Key Notes

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Metròpolis Barcelona

Barcelona Metropolis is characterized by being a compact and polycentric territory, which we call "metròpolis of cities" . It is composed of a mosaic of urban and environmental spaces that co-evolve and interact with each other. The territorial extension is over 636km2 and the population higher than 3.2 million citizens and 52% of the land is mainly occupied by green infrastructure.

This green infrastructure has a great ennviromental and social wealth value, and it is made up of more than 60 different habitats where more than 5,300 species live, divided into different types of areas: rivers (Llobregat and Besós), natural Parks system (Collserola, Garraf and Serra de Marina), 32 km of metropolitan beaches, metropolitan Parks network, urban parks and other green spaces integrated in the city such as streets, squares, balconies or green roofstops.

A landscape formed by the coexistence of different ecosystems (environmental and urban) that create in their boundaries or edges, fringes, limits and spaces of transition with different characteristics that establish diferent relations between these two realities, the urban and the environmental one, so necessarily linked.

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