Call for technical committee members for 1st Africa Forum on Urban Forests (AFUF)

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UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme, under the Planning, Finance and Economy Section of the Agency and FAO are looking for technical committee members to support reviewing of academic papers that will be submitted as part of The 1st Africa Forum on Urban Forests (AFUF)

The 1st Africa Forum on Urban Forests (AFUF) is tentatively scheduled to be held from  5-9 July 2021. 

The forum will be virtual and include presentations and group discussions over the course of the week.  It is intended to be a technical meeting with a focus on planning and management of urban forests and green public spaces. 

More specifically, the proposed objectives of the Forum are:

  • raising awareness on the importance and contributions urban forestry and urban greening as a tool to increase resilience of cities to global/regional changes, biodiversity conservation and action against climate change and desertification and enhance green recovery

  • disseminating inspiring practices on the co-creation, maintenance and management of urban forests and green public spaces networks

  • improving collective knowledge, taking stock on progress made through inclusive open debates and review experiences and policies, lessons learnt on urban and peri-urban forestry and green infrastructure development in Africa and discuss opportunities for scaling-up;

  • creating a periodic appointment for the urban forest and green infrastructure actors and stakeholders in Africa and link it to the global World Forum on Urban Forests and the World Urban Forum

  • supporting the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda processes and optimizing actions related to urban ecosystems and green spaces; 

The forum will result in a Call to Action and also envisioning to provide inputs and contributions to the FAO’s Green Cities Initiative development and implementation in Africa.

Against this background, we would like to have a technical committee that could support in reviewing of academic papers that will  be submitted as part of the forum. The main themes will be on;

  • Ecosystems goods and services

  • Governance

  • Planning, design and management

They are inviting experts from academia who could support on this.

IFLA is gathering responses from our network which we will then submit to the planning team, please email your CV and a cover statement to admin@iflaworld.org by March 23rd 2021.

 

NewsSally RobertshawAFUF, Urban Forests