URBAN NATURE FORUM
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
13 -14 June 2012
The Urban Nature Forum was a conference series bringing together scientists, town planners, policy-makers, conservationists and other stakeholders to explore innovative approaches to urban biodiversity management, exchange knowledge, and advance collaborative activities. Good practices, new management tools, ground-breaking research and advocacy developments were showcased and discussed, as was the broader role of cities in paving a greener, more prosperous future.
Presentations given at the event are listed below:
Setting the Scene
Facilitator: Kobie Brand, Global Biodiversity Coordinator, ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center
Ecosystem services for vibrant resilient cities: Thomas Elmqvist, Professor, Stockholm Resilience Centre
The role of cities in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity: Oliver Hillel, Programme Officer, Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity
Brilliant Brazilian BiodiverCities: What are they doing for Nature?
Dâmaris da Silva Seraphim, Advisor, Curitiba City Hall, Brazil
Helio Neves, Deputy Secretary of Environment, City of São Paulo, Brazil (contact us for these presentations)
Adalberto Alencar, Secretary of Environment, Fortaleza City Hall, Brazil
Personal Anecdotes – Incredible Nature
Derek Klazen, Mayor, Walvis Bay, Namibia
Interactive session: Tools and Techniques for Planning and Appraisal
Tools for Cities: Sarah Birch, Professional Officer: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center
Economic Valuation of a Botanical Garden: Karen Alvarenga de Oliveira, Partner at Campos, Fialho, Canabrava, Borja, Andrade, Salles Lawyers (contact us for this presentation)
Launch of UNU-IAS Policy Report on Governance and Green Economy in Cities: Jose Puppim de Oliveira, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)
Interactive discussion on economic evaluation
Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) Guidelines: Jose Puppim de Oliveira, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)
Studio Cities and Biodiversity – Curitiba: Sergio Muniz, Professor, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)
Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Design Evaluation Toolkit: Lindie Buirski, Head: Environmental Capacity Building, Training and Education, Environmental Resource Management Department, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Mainstreaming Tool: Jennifer Pierce, Graduate Student, Cornell University
City Biodiversity Index: Mariana Cabral, Researcher, University of Lisbon
Ecological Infrastructure for Urban Development
Simone Ariane Pflaum, City Councillor, City of Freiburg, Germany and one of ICLEI’s FutureCityLeaders
Sound Science for Sound Policy
Environmental education and social-ecological systems theory: Marianne Krasny, Professor and Chair, Department of Natural Resources, and Director, Civic Ecology Lab, Cornell University
Social-ecological value profiles of urban landscapes: Peleg Kremer, Post-Doctoral Fellow, The New School
Planning in an Urban Biosphere
Keith Tidball, Associate Director Civic Ecology Lab, Cornell University
Katrin Hammarlund, Project Manager, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Global Policy Framework
City Biodiversity Summit: Sunandan Tiwari, Programme Coordinator: Sustainability, ICLEI South Asia