Florestas e jardins de Holden

Que situações e iniciativas únicas empreendeu ou planeia empreender para lidar com as alterações climáticas que não foram captadas no nosso inquérito inicial?

Holden Forests and Gardens consists of two campuses, the urban Cleveland Botanical Garden and the exurban Holden Arboretum. The Holden Arboretum has 3,000 acres of natural areas including 2000 acres of forest. Our working woods project seeks to demonstrate sustainable forest management whereby land owners may obtain income while managing their land to increase biodiversity and mitigate climate change (e.g. increasing tree growth rates, keeping woody debris within the forest). This project couples research with educational outreach while allowing us to increase our own forests ability to sequester carbon.

Quais são os problemas ou oportunidades mais prementes na sua comunidade que podem ser aproveitados para fazer face às alterações climáticas?

One pressing problem centers on the potential increase in temperatures within urban areas, and the enhancement of the “heat island effect” with climate change. As an advocate for tree planting within urban and built environments, our work can increase resilience to climate change within our communities.

Que caraterísticas únicas do seu jardim podem ser aproveitadas para fazer face às alterações climáticas?

As noted above, Holden’s extensive natural areas act as both a laboratory and a method by which Holden can learn, educate and mitigate the effects of climate change.