[CANUFNET] Raising the Profile of Urban Forestry in Ontario / Rehausser le profil de la foresterie urbaine en Ontario

Fri Oct 10 13:06:05 EDT 2014

Hello,

It may be worth noting that in Premier Wynne’s mandate letter to the new Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, made public for the first time, one of the points appears particularly relevant to urban forestry:

·         “Working with municipalities and other partners to promote urban forestry.  Your goal is to work with these partners to plant one million trees in urban areas as part of our commitment to plant 50 million trees provincewide.”

Folks may wish to ponder on this initiative.

Bohdan Kowalyk, R.P.F.

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Subject: [CANUFNET] Raising the Profile of Urban Forestry in Ontario / Rehausser le profil de la foresterie urbaine en Ontario

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Raising the Profile of Urban Forestry in Ontario
By Peter Wynnyczuk, CUFN Ontario Representative
October 7, 2014
The Ontario Region of the Canadian Urban Forest has been busy trying to maintain and enhance the urban forest. Several organizations have been involved in trying to raise the profile of the urban forest, both cooperatively and independently by various communications means within the scope for the organizations to their existing and new audiences.
After an unprecedented winter ice storm that affected millions of residents and the continuing challenge in this region, is the Emerald Ash Borer, EAB. It is spreading quickly primarily due to the lack of coordination between the 4 levels of government in Ontario for this federally regulated and managed issue.
The engagement of the public and government officials is a challenging process in this age of changing priorities of the communities and government policies, but through the continued efforts of the Organizations in urban and rural forestry there is more positive attention being paid to the importance of trees in our communities.
As now there now appears a greater Federal interest being conveyed, this may have a positive effect on the efforts made so far by the lower tier Governments and NGO’s on raising the awareness of the benefits of the urban forest. This is through, activities such as publications, newspaper articles, tree walks, paddle events, presentations, media articles, tree planting events, and student engagement events.
We look forward to engaging and energizing the movement to raise the profile of Urban Forestry in Ontario and the myriad of benefits they provide in our communities for future generations.

Peter Wynnyczuk
Executive Director
Ontario Urban Forest Council

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Rehausser le profil de la foresterie urbaine en Ontario

Par Peter Wynnyczuk, représentant du RCFU en Ontario
Le 7 octobre 2014
La région ontarienne du Réseau canadien de la forêt urbaine a œuvré fort pour préserver et améliorer la forêt urbaine. Plusieurs organismes ont aidé à rehausser le profil de la foresterie urbaine dans le cadre de leur champ d’application, de manière coopérative ou indépendante, à l’aide de divers moyens de communication visant leurs auditoires actuels ou de nouveaux auditoires.
Après une tempête de verglas qui a affecté des millions de résidents, un autre problème continue de poser des défis dans la région – l’agrile du frêne. Ce ravageur se propage rapidement, ce qui est dû principalement au manque de coordination entre les quatre paliers de gouvernement en Ontario concernant ce problème réglementé et administré par le gouvernement fédéral.
La participation du public et de représentants du gouvernement constitue un processus complexe avec les priorités des collectivités et les politiques des gouvernements qui ne cessent de changer. Toutefois, grâce aux efforts continus des organismes impliqués dans les activités de foresterie urbaine et rurale, une plus grande attention positive est accordée à l’importance des arbres dans nos collectivités.
Maintenant que le gouvernement fédéral semble démontrer un plus grand intérêt en la matière, ceci peut influer positivement sur les efforts déployés par les gouvernements de palier inférieur et les organismes non gouvernementaux pour sensibiliser davantage les gens aux bienfaits de la forêt urbaine. Ceci se fait à l’aide de diverses ressources et activités, comme des publications, des articles de journaux, des randonnées dans des zones boisées, des présentations, des articles médiatiques, des plantations d’arbres et la participation d’élèves.
Nous espérons pouvoir stimuler l’engagement des gens et propulser le mouvement pour rehausser le profil de la foresterie urbaine en Ontario et faire connaître la vaste gamme de bienfaits que la forêt urbaine offre aux collectivités actuelles et aux futures générations.

Peter Wynnyczuk
Directeur exécutif
Ontario Urban Forest Council

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