Urban Forest Frontline Reports

Check back everyday for further Urban Forest Frontline Reports

As the COVID pandemic crossed the world, and the organisers of the Urban Tree Festival, rather than abandoning the Festival, instead moved it on-line, we invited enthusiasts like ourselves, who have a passion for trees and who live in urban areas, to create reports from and about trees where they live.

Below you will find these reports - and please, if you too would like to report from your ‘neck of the woods’ please make a short 10 minutes audio piece, narrated slideshow, or video and WeTransfer it to reports@urbantreefestival.org

Close your eyes and be immersed in the urban world of trees.

Report from Canberra, Australia

Guest blog by Tracey Benson

Excerpt: Connecting with the trees in Ngunawal Country is a documentation of a local walk which I have taken on an almost daily basis since the outbreak of COVID-19.  The walk is a loop around Ginninderry Creek and is a popular gathering place for birds, frogs and other species including human, particularly after the rain.

Click here to continue reading, and click play below to hear the report!

Interview with Fred Pinto by David Merleau, from Northern Ontario, Canada

Today, David talks about trees in Canada, and the challenges of keeping them doing what they do best - living and supporting wildlife for generations. David is joined by professional forester Fred Pinto, who has spent three decades with the Ontario ministry of natural resources, and is the founder of Forest without Borders.

Camden Forest

Brighton Trees

Guest blog by Vivienne Barton

Excerpt:

This is a snapshot of Brighton's best trees. I selected them after being inspired by the Great Trees of London Map, on display at the exhibition, 'Among the Trees' at London's Hayward Gallery on the South Bank. This is just the beginning. With the help of enthusiastic tree lovers in local groups we intend to map dozens more trees which deserve to be celebrated for their rarity, beauty or history. The city's National Collection of Elms includes 17,000 of some of the most rare, spectacular types anywhere in the world.

Continue to read here

Forest Talk Radio - Voice of Laurier Woods with David Merleau

Dorset report

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