i-Tree Eco project London

[David Humphries]

18 months on from the project, the report was finally launched today at the House of Lords.

 

The report can be downloaded here....

 

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/LONDONI-TREEECOREPORT151202.pdf/$FILE/LONDONI-TREEECOREPORT151202.pdf

 

An interesting mix of speakers today, but none more so than Lord Framlingham (continuing his appeal made at the Barchams Big Barn seminar and the AA Conference) for there to be a stand alone Tree Minister, urging the Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs (Rory Stewart MP) to take up the challenge to press government to create the role.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

The table on page 63 of the report gives a comparison of where London sits against other cities from North Amercia and Europe in terms of canopy cover, carbon storage, carbon sequestration, pollution removal etc

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Thanks for this, David. Shall read this tonight and tomorrow.

[Kveldssanger]

Question - will this be published for purchase as a paperback copy? Would certainly buy one if it does get printed.

[David Humphries]

Question - will this be published for purchase as a paperback copy? Would certainly buy one if it does get printed.

 

 

Chris, there's only been a relatively short print run so far as it was designed as a document to download as pdf.

 

I have a few hard copies but they're intended for my Director and other management. If one becomes spare I'll give you a shout.

 

I don't think that there is any intention to extend the print run.

 

 

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[sean]

A few snippets of info from the findings, as reported by Kenton Rogers from Treeconomics at the Big Barn Conference at Barchams a couple of weeks ago.

 

 

London has 21% canopy cover which compares well against other major European cities.

 

The city is roughly broken down in to;

30% residential

20% park

8% transport

7% commercial

5% institution

1% cemetary

1% wetland

1% vacant

 

The predominant tree species found was (surprisingly I thought) Betula

followed by;

Malus

Tilia

Acer

Platanus

Quercus

Crataegus

45% others

 

The above figures make London the most diverse urban forest in th UK

 

 

Not an awful lot to chew on at this point, as this was really just a taster/snap shot.

 

We're still waiting on the release of the full report.

 

I'll update more when I can.

 

 

 

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I was also interested to see that Apple was at ahead of London Plane in population within inner London 6% compared to 4% for Plane although Plane thrashes Apple in total Leaf cover 8.9% to Apples 1.3%.

 

I've got time on my hands

[David Humphries]

I was also interested to see that Apple was at ahead of London Plane in population within inner London 6% compared to 4% for Plane although Plane thrashes Apple in total Leaf cover 8.9% to Apples 1.3%.

 

I've got time on my hands

 

Lets hope more people make the time and actually bother to read it.

Its not that onerous.

 

Pretty important document that should be adopted by everyone involved and interested in managing the urban forest

 

 

 

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[sean]

Lets hope more people make the time and actually bother to read it.

Its not that onerous.

 

Pretty important document that should be adopted by everyone involved and interested in managing the urban forest

 

 

 

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Totally agree. A vital document for all those in the public who are campaigning to save their communities trees and lobbying to increase urban tree cover. I found it really interesting.

[Kveldssanger]

Indeed, I hope people read it and absorb the information.

 

If there are any spares, drop me a line David. Cheers.

[Kveldssanger]

Finished reading the report. Full of interesting observations and conclusions. Some charts were a little confusing and, infrequently, congested with too many lines that were difficult to discern from one another with ease, but most did a great job of presenting the data. It was interesting to note that 21% of all of London's trees are considered to be clonal varieties, based on the sample plots. That is a little concerning.