Training the future leaders in urban forestry (Ufor)

培训城市林业的未来领导者（Ufor）

• 批准号: 543300-2020
• 负责人: Messier, ChristianCM
• 金额: $ 21.86万
• 依托单位: Québec en Outaouais
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Training Experience
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=765463
• 关键词: Training; future; leaders; urban; forestry

More than 80% of Canadians live in urban areas, and urban forests (UF) are often the only nature that people will experience on a regular basis. These urban trees and forests provide many direct and indirect benefits to city dwellers that are just starting to be realised. The arrival of the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), a non-native insect from Asia, into eastern North America has decimated urban tree populations (with more than 20% loss for many large cities like Montréal and Ottawa). This has increased the awareness of the value of UF among politicians and residents. Because planning and managing UF require a broad perspective that encompasses many fields, no single research domain or training program can adequately prepare graduate students for the challenges they will face in the workplace. This poses a challenge from an educational and training perspective. Traditionally, management of UF in Canada is done by foresters, landscape architects,arborists and horticulturists who have little training in urban ecology, biology, restoration, soil science, hydrology or social and economic sciences. Well-qualified professional leaders who can manage UF in novel urban ecosystems that are shaped by complex socio-cultural and economic conditions are rare in Canada and across the globe. Ufor (or Urban Forestry space training program or ForU in french for "formation en Foresterie Urbaine") aims to increase the supply of this type of highly-qualitified professional. The development of a broad-perspective expertise in the planning and management of urban trees and forests that provide the bulk of ecosystem services in cities, as well as includes aspects of natural, social and health sciences, will provide a substantial career-long asset for our trainees, with corresponding long-term benefits to Canadians.

超过80%的加拿大人生活在城市地区，城市森林（UF）通常是人们经常体验的唯一自然环境。这些城市树木和森林为城市居民提供了许多直接和间接的好处，这些好处刚刚开始实现。一种来自亚洲的非本土昆虫--白蜡木窄吉丁（Agrilus planipennis）的到来，使北美东部的城市树木数量锐减（蒙特利尔和渥太华等许多大城市的树木数量减少了20%以上）。这提高了政治家和居民对用友价值的认识。因为规划和管理用友需要一个广泛的视角，包括许多领域，没有一个单一的研究领域或培训计划可以充分准备研究生的挑战，他们将在工作场所面临的。从教育和培训的角度来看，这是一个挑战。传统上，UF在加拿大的管理是由林务员，景观设计师，树木学家和园艺家谁在城市生态学，生物学，恢复，土壤科学，水文学或社会和经济科学的培训很少。合格的专业领导人谁可以管理UF在由复杂的社会文化和经济条件塑造的新的城市生态系统是罕见的，在加拿大和整个地球仪。Ufor（或城市林业空间培训计划或ForU在法语中的“Formation en Foresterie Urbaine”）旨在增加这类高素质专业人员的供应。在城市树木和森林的规划和管理方面发展广泛的专业知识，这些树木和森林提供了城市大部分的生态系统服务，并包括自然，社会和健康科学的各个方面，将为我们的学员提供大量的职业生涯资产，并为加拿大人带来相应的长期利益。