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Seminar XI
Trees: The Key to Climate Proofing Our Cities
The Royal Geographical Society, Kensington, London 10th July 2008
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Temperatures in UK cities are predicted to rise by 3–7°C by the end of the century. Research indicates that a 10% increase in urban tree cover would completely neutralise this impact. According to the Trees in Towns II study, trees are being lost at an alarming rate and urban deforestation is offering a hot future for city life.
With better co-ordination and within existing government guidance and management mechanisms it is possible to achieve the level of canopy cover that will make the difference. This requires a strategy that, wherever possible, all large trees are conserved and planning and design ensure that we grow trees successfully to become big trees with big canopies.
This pioneering conference brought together a wide range of speakers to explore practical possibilities to reverse tree loss within the current planning framework.
Our aim is to drive an initiative to achieve the required canopy increase. This can be done but only through the widest possible involvement between all relevant stakeholders, professions, government organisations, citizens groups, etc.
