Is your urban forest diversified enough to face drought, exotic pests and disease?
Eco2urb evaluates urban forest and provides greening tools to help sustain trees faced with current and future environmental threats.
Missing a tree inventory for your city ? Our team collects field-based observations on tree health and diversity as part of our assessment. |
Municipalities and cities
Landscape architects and planners
Schools
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Private property owners
Non-profit organizations
Companies
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Resilience through diversity
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Resilience through connectivity
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Resilience through ecological economics and governance
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STEP 1
Inventory current and future stresses associated with your region We propose to inventory current and future stresses affecting your region’s ecosystems (e.g. diseases, invasive species) and assess the changes in climate, expected for your region in the next decades, including estimated trends concerning the frequency and strength of extreme climatic events (e.g. drought).
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STEP 2
Assess of the diversity of existing vegetation cover Using existing data or by conducting a comprehensive inventory of your ecosystems, we assess several metrics of diversity (e.g. functional diversity, species diversity) at multiple spatial scales (e.g. private property, neighborhood, city, region).
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STEP 3
Develop a diversification strategy specific to your region and objectives By combining results from steps 1 and 2, we identify high-risk areas (low diversity and/or high threats) and propose customized diversification strategies. These are based on particular species and their associations, adapted to the predicted changes as well as innovative operational approaches aiming at optimizing the balance between costs (associated with planting and maintenance) and tree health.
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STEP 1
Analyze your environmental strategies and their effects on ecological networks As a first step, we examine all existing regulations and policies and meet with strategic people in your organization to conduct interviews. Assembled data are used to conduct a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats), allowing us to evaluate the specific characteristics of your local and regional frame of reference.
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STEP 2
Characterize the diversity of your ecosystems Using existing data or by conducting a comprehensive inventory of your ecosystems, we assess several metrics of diversity (e.g. functional diversity, species diversity) at multiple spatial scales (e.g. private property, neighborhood, city, region).
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STEP 3
Model impacts of future changes in climate, land use and species migration patterns Maps developed in step 2 are used to explore landscape change according to future climate, land use and species migration scenarios, enabling our team to rank habitat quality of each site over time and thus its importance in the network.
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STEP 4
Develop environmental strategies to increase connectivity and long-term viability of ecological networks Based on the analyses conducted in step 3, we identify conservation and restoration priorities and we provide recommendations to increase the connectivity and hence the resilience of the network.
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5818, Boulevard Saint-Laurent,
Montréal (QC) H2T 1T3 (438) 825-4445 info@eco2urb.com |
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5818, Boulevard Saint-Laurent,
Montréal (QC) H2T 1T3 (438) 825-4445 info@eco2urb.com |
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