Rik De Vreese

Senior expert in #UrbanForestry @europeanforest, selfemployed consultant, @EFUrbanForestry steering group, #noflying, #trains

[EU F. Urban Forestry @EFUrbanForestry]

Register now for #EFUF2025 - Early Bird offer ends 7 May - Nominations for the European Young Urban Forester Award open - https://t.co/FYOojLBhjW

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

Check out my latest article: Enabling new informational landscapes for resolving nature-based solutions literacy
and planning in Barcelona Metropolitan Area https://t.co/rfczcdPBCP

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

@LodeCossaer @Hilket Interessant is dat die kleine spelers bijna allemaal dochterondernemingen zijn van staatsbedrijven: Arriva (DB - recent verkocht aan investeerders), Keolis (SNCF), QBuzz (Italiaanse Spoorwegen FS).

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

@LodeCossaer @Hilket In Nederland is de infrastructuurbeheerder (ProRail) en de belangrijkste operator (NS) vd NL Staat. Er zijn enkele private ondernemingen die kleine lijnen exploiteren, maar altijd gesubsidieerd door provincies of vervoersregio's.

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

@LodeCossaer @Hilket Ik ben niet tegen concurrentie op het spoor, Italië, Oostenrijk en Spanje hebben goede voorbeelden, maar de UK is zeker geen goed voorbeeld.
In België is er te weinig infrastructuur en capaciteit voor concurrentie - zie bvb het tekort aan rijpaden nu de extra trein NL-BE rijdt.

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

@LodeCossaer @Hilket nadat er ongevallen gebeurden omdat de infrastructuur niet meer aan de veiligheidsnormen voldeed. Railtrack is toen ook opnieuw genationaliseerd.

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

@JanPaulussen32 @LodeCossaer Enkel B2B, en dat kan ook vanuit je boekhoudpakket. Of je maakt je factuur in Doocle oid ipv in Word.

[Mohan Pargaien IFS🇮🇳 @pargaien]

According to research, #urban trees can cool cities by as much as 12 °C , but planting wrong combination of trees in wrong places diminishes their cooling benefit.
So considering #ecology before planting is a must.
@TreesforCities @WBG_Cities @c40cities
https://t.co/aAZGi9Nd2q

[ISGlobal @ISGLOBALorg]

💡🛠️ @bitagreenbe and #ISGlobal have developed #BGIHealth, the first software to combine health metrics with geospatial data in order to better assess the health impacts and benefits of different potential urban interventions. 📊🌳🌞

https://t.co/1kzYG16XPK

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

🌳🌇🏡🌿🌍 What is the 3-30-300 rule?

@UNECE points out the vital role of sustainable urban and peri-urban forestry for healthier, more sustainable, and climate-resilient cities.

Find out about the 3-30-300 rule for equitable urban forestry ➡️ https://t.co/kXTjQWmnxD

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

🌳 #DidYouKnow? 🌿

A single urban tree can:
🌼 Support #pollinators essential for food
🐦 Provide habitats for hundreds of species
💧 Intercept thousands of litres of water annually

Learn more about the power of #UrbanTrees from
@UNECE.

via @BESNet_UNDP

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150,000 trees have been planted and 45 hectares of parks created in the city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to and manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. #Paris

[Volker Hahn @volkerhahn1]

Great piece by @dots_t: “The belief that environmental salvation arrives only through radical transformation undermines the whole project. By making membership more exclusive than it needs to be, by blowing up policy proposals to daunting scales and … https://t.co/l77oxdPt8U

[Inger Andersen @andersen_inger]

Massive congratulations to @IPBES! #TransformativeChangeAssessment helps the world understand how we can live in #HarmonyWithNature. Great work by all! We at @UNEP are proud to host #IPBES. Assessment forms important basis to inform discussion & resolutions at #UNEA7 in 2025.

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

@Bennytouzine Hi guy, beetje chillen hé!

[Rik De Vreese @rdvreese]

Looking forward to your #urban #tree and #forest story.

[EU F. Urban Forestry @EFUrbanForestry]

Do you have an interesting story on #urbanforestry?
Do you want to tell it to 150 colleagues from practice, science and policy @stadtzuerich ?

Yes?! Submit your summary to our call for ideas for #EFUF2025.

More at https://t.co/gkuDWSlyzk

➡️⏰3⃣1⃣ Jan 2025!

[Marcus Collier @marcus_collier]

Through her work on @ConnectingNBS, Marleen Lodder (@LMLodder) of @drifteur shares how Reflexive Monitoring, which is a unique research and implementation method, can turn #cities into dynamic hubs of #sustainability and #resilience.
https://t.co/CoZVUa2pAd #naturebasedsolutions

[My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @MyZeroCarbon]

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How Tiny Forests Can Help (not just India) Combat #ClimateChange via @WEF

🌳 tree planting = #ClimateAction

Trees in cities provide a host of benefits.

air quality 💨
absorb CO2
🆒 cool the air by up to 8˚C
increase local food security 🥗and urban biodiversity 🦊
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