Alicia Coleman
@af_coleman
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studying the socially-messy world of city trees, ecosystem service incentives, and metropolitan conservation; @UConnNRE postdoc
Connecticut, USA
Joined November 2021
Delivering free trees to people's front doors in the middle of the night is an intriguing way to increase tree cover. Hope they all get planted.
thepress.co.nz
Redwood residents woke up to a gift on Friday morning and the trees could increase the area's canopy from almost 12% to almost 16%.
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๐ณโจPrepare to be amazed! Now, we can accurately map tree heights at a sub-meter scale for entire countries using aerial images and AI ๐ค. Take a look at our tree height map of California, home to the tallest and largest tree species on our planet โ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ https://t.co/N0G6gHuDzb
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Looking for an #environmentaljustice and #urbanforestry #internship? Look no further! Come work with me at Fair Forests Consulting. Applications due by August 7th: https://t.co/P0HojydDvB๐ฟ๐
fairforests.com
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๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ "Tree advocates and City Hall staff say penalties are too puny to discourage clear cutting or fund tree replacement and forest acquisition." https://t.co/vXcWSQp0wO
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Is Green Infrastructure a Universal Good? https://t.co/vTpdKGeF06
https://t.co/Fa5Qx7EDNN
@EcoGreenQueen @SaraMeerow @zjgrabowski @timonmcphearson
tandfonline.com
Green infrastructure (GI) has become a panacea for cities working to enhance sustainability and resilience. While the rationale for GI primarily focuses on its multifunctionality (e.g. delivering m...
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More start of the academic year way-you-can-read (actively)-advice.
Every academic knows that the BEST software for citation and reference management is Zotero. BUT many folks don't know how to take notes and annotate PDFs in Zotero. Here's how to get started ๐ Zotero Annotations 101: A step-by-step guide with visuals ๐งต
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Traffic study warrants for ped/safety improvements are a big impediment to implementing safe streets. Requiring a long history of crashes is like requiring people to die before street changes are made.
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Are you thinking of applying to @SmithFellows? Proposals are due 9.16.2022! If you haven't yet, start contacting potential mentors about your project ideas & make those connections! Here's a webinar with some advice: https://t.co/VTyFW8QFUj Happy to answer ?s about my experience!
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A tree planter's guide to environmental justice
phys.org
We might all agree that trees do good things for the air, for shade and for the climate, but we might not all see eye-to-eye on where and how they should be planted in our own backyards. In a recent...
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Philadelphia neighborhoods with higher Black pop /lower income have more community gardens/urban farms. Growers see urban ag as a manifestation of collective agency/community resistance in Black/low-income areas, esp in neighborhoods with low food access https://t.co/9vn4a5BMvt?
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A new #OpenAccess book argues that to bring about transformative biodiversity governance, we must prioritize 'ecocentric, compassionate and just sustainable development' Read 'Transforming Biodiversity Governance' via @nlenvironagency
https://t.co/N48YOcdZjk
#Post2020 #COP15
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What are the diverse values of nature? What are the different approaches to valuing nature's contributions to people? @IPBES #ValuesAssessment is scheduled to launch at #IPBES9 Stay tuned for the๐ธmedia conference๐ธ ๐
Monday, 11 July โฐ2 pm CEST ๐บ https://t.co/vTXZyUsxd9
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I've been compiling examples of GIS portfolios to both support folks looking to build their own & highlight the awesome work done by the community in what I'm calling my #maptastic resources doc. I've expanded to some other mappy themes as well! #gischat
https://t.co/4eDFNgbjSK
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๐งต- building high density environments at a human scale requires: high lot coverage; trading the social value of large parks for the social value of narrow streets; and treesโฆ a lot of trees.
My thing today is Vincennes, France - a community of about 50,000 people in the suburbs of Paris. It has the 9th-highest population density of any city in the world, higher than Calcutta, but it is a charming area and doesn't even have any skyscrapers. How do they do it?? 1/_
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A recent @UNECE report explores how sustainable urban and peri-urban forestry can support #biodiversity and ecosystem restoration by contributing to: โ๏ธaddressing climate change ๐ชdisaster risk reduction ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธpublic health ๐sustainable economic recovery โก๏ธ https://t.co/jwBjjC6B2I
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Watch the recording of the @EESIonline briefing on large #landscapeconservation, in which DDCF Director for the Environment @SachaSpector discussed philanthropy's role in the field and the need for a locally led, nationally supported framework:
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Planning for Urban Heat Resilience, a new @APA_Planning publication, is out today! In it @LaddKeith and I try to provide comprehensive guidance on how to tackle this growing hazard. It's free to download thanks to @NOAA funding https://t.co/ugviI7P1Xd A ๐งต below on the 8 chapters
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In case you missed it, @CLF and partners recently called on @EPA to fix some serious #cleanwater problems here in VT. Now we're waiting for a response. Read up on the problem and our proposed solution here:
clf.org
A turf war between two state agencies has farmers caught in the middle, threatening Vermontโs clean water progress
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The first ever national sale of urban forest carbon credits is finalized for $1.1 million through City Forest Credits https://t.co/r3v4aGSZyP
#ClimateAction #CarbonCredits #ClimateCrisis
axios.com
The $1 million outpaces sales from rural forests.
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