Webinar #24 in the RECLAIM Network Webinar Series took place on the 1st May 2024.
Webinars will share best-practice and facilitate knowledge exchange between practitioners, researchers, policymakers, businesses, environmental groups, charities and individuals interested in implementation of green-blue-grey infrastructure for making our vulnerable living spaces more healthy, sustainable and resilient.
Speakers
Dr Alessio Russo
Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Title of the talk:
“Rewilding Our Cities: Challenges & Opportunities - exploring UK Local authorities and communities’ perspective”
Biography :
Dr Alessio Russo is a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Dr Russo has over 15 years of international experience researching, lecturing, and consulting on urban green infrastructure, urban forestry, and ecosystem services. Before joining QUT, he served as a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Academic Course Leader for the master’s in landscape architecture at the University of Gloucestershire.
Prof Laurence Jones
Group Leader, Wetlands, Grasslands and Croplands, UKCEH
Title of the talk: “A new module for the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-Based Assessment (TESSA) - how much air pollution does vegetation remove?”
Biography:
Professor Laurence Jones’s research covers three main areas: Ecosystem services theory and spatial modelling, effects of air pollution (nitrogen and ozone) on semi-natural ecosystems, and coastal ecology (sand dune systems, shellfish hygiene). He is a group leader of 17 staff, and is the thematic lead for urban research in UKCEH, with an increasing focus on modelling the benefits that people receive from urban green and blue space. He works increasingly in inter-disciplinary settings and with partners all over the world. He has over 100 ISI papers, H index of 40.
Dr Stefano Barchiesi, Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International
Biography:
Dr Stefano Barchiesi is the Ecosystem Services Officer at BirdLife International where he coordinates the science work on this focal area, including further development of the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) and support in its use to BirdLife's Partners. Stefano has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services of a large wetland site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several multi-regional projects demonstrating the value of nature-based solutions for sustainable water resources management.
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