Cognitive Surplus and Citizen Foresters: The Urban Forest Map — by Kelaine Vargas, urban ecologist whose work focuses on recognizing and maximizing the role of nature in our pursuit of sustainability

vor 14 Jahren

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vor 14 Jahren

Kelaine Vargas, studied ecology and landscape architecture and has pursued research in these fields as a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin and with the U.S. Forest Service. In this talk, she discusses the history of the Urban Forest Map Project as well as some of its applications and the partnerships that they have developed. Listen to this episode to learn about this exciting collaboration of government, non-profit organizations, and private companies to map trees in San Francisco. This presentation was given at the ISA 2011 Annual Conference in Australia.