05/06/2019
Urban tree species selection in a changing climate
On 27 June 2019, Boom in Business and TCO are organizing an international symposium about climate trees. This will be held at Batouwe Nurseries in Dodewaard, The Netherlands.
The climate in our cities has changed in the past years and will change even more in the coming years. In consequence we will have to plant different trees in the future, which are better adapted to the rigid city climate. But how do we decide which species and cultivars are best adapted and how can we be sure those trees are being grown in nurseries?
We will address the following themes:
- Trees species (and cultivars) most suitable for the foreseen climate change.
- The relation between pests and diseases in trees and climate change.
- The relation between biodiversity and risk assessment of (new) diseases.
- How to encourage the complete chain of the green industry to use the right tree species:
- Nurseries
- Landscape architects
- Policy and management
- Important factors to estimate climate change tolerance:
- For instance: frost, heat radiance, drought, infrastructure, etc.
- What data can be used as indicators?
https://www.climatetrees.eu/
Program
09:30 Walk in: International Symposium Climate Trees
10:00 Welcome word by TCO Chairman Kees van Rooijen
Opening by chairman Henry Kuppen
10:10 Presentation of Climate Trees list Opheusden
10:30 Renรฉ van der Velde, associate professor TU Delft
Tree Architecture and the Urban Micro-climate
11:10 Short coffee break
11:40 Harry Watkins, Plant hunter 2.0
12:20 Walk through the nursery and lunch
13.50 Roeland Lelieveld, Africa Wood Grow
New forest in Kenya, Dutch Tree officer makes it happen.
14.30 Tree Officers Forum
John Parker, London
Andreas Schneider Hafencity, Hamburg
Rob Zweekhorst, Heerhugowaard
Jelle Hiemstra: Wageningen University
15:30 โ 16:30 Closing and drinks
