Objective:
One of the activities foreseen by the Uforest project is researching innovative Urban Forestry initiatives across Europe. For this reason, the Uforest team has selected and analysed some of the most interesting urban forestry projects in the continent, with the aim to illustrate real practices and eventually inspire others to start greening their cities. Among them, we selected the Barcelona Nature Plan.
The Pla Natura Barcelona (Barcelona Nature Plan) is a public initiative led by the Barcelona City Council with the aim to improve and increase green spaces and biodiversity in the city. Specifically, this strategic plan contains the vison of the city of the future, a city with functional, environmentally friendly infrastructures, well-distributed and accessible green spaces.
The Uforest project aims at promoting Europe’s innovation capacity among universities, cities and businesses to deliver a new approach to Urban Forestry. The project is co-funded by the Erasmu+ Programme of the European Union. Learn more at: https://www.uforest.eu/
Sustainable Development Goals:
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3. Good Health and well being
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11. Sustainable cities and communities
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13. Climate action
NBS benefits:
- Developing climate change adaptation; improving risk management and resilience
- Developing climate change mitigation
- Carbon sequestration and storage
- Increase Biodiversity
- Increase quality and quantity of green and blue infrastructures
- Enhancing sustainable urbanisation
- Changing image of the urban environment
- Improve air quality
- Increase amount of green open spaces for residents