In September 2022, we took part in a conference co-organized by ToBeLawn’s partners – the Sendzimir Foundation and the Kraków Metropolis Association, as part of the INTERLACE project: international cooperation to restore and rehabilitate urban ecosystems. The aim of the conference was to expand the knowledge and exchange experiences on the implementation of Nature Based Solutions (NBS).
The conference largely took the form of intensive workshops, during which the problems that City Managers have been facing were presented, especially in the context of climate change, air pollution, as well as social conditions. During group work, Workshop 1 discussed the principles of applying universal standards for urban greenery maintenance in Polish and European cities, including mowing standards. Attention was paid to the necessity of cooperation between different groups of stakeholders, including scientists (e.g. botanists, ecologists, entomologists, soil microbiologists), practitioners, i.e. people who deal with greenery in cities on a daily basis, NGOs, and city residents. In the case of our project, such cooperation has already brought results – it has allowed us to properly design the zones in which different mowing regimes will be implemented, and to determine the optimal timing of treatments.
For more information on the conference, follow the links:
- https://interlace-hub.com/cities-talk-nature-europe-nature-places-people
- https://sendzimir.org.pl/projekty/interlace-miedzynarodowa-wspolpraca-w-celu-odbudowy-i-przywrocenia-ciaglosci-miejskich-ekosystemow/miedzynarodowa-konferencja-w-krakowie-cities-talk-nature-europe/
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A visit to the Polish Aviators Park in Kraków / photo by Małgorzata Stanek
Przemysław Szwałko and Łukasz Mielczarek taking conference participants around the Kraków’s parks / photo by Małgorzata Stanek