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Framing An Agenda for Metropolitan & Landscape Conservation
National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Will Allen
Director of Strategic Conservation Planning
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Landscape Scale Practitioners' Network
• Cities and their regions as ecosystems
• Common vision
• Coalitions shape priority green infrastructure
investments
• Collaboration and collective action
Other Metropolitan Greenspace Initiatives
Columbia MO | Lufkin TX | Central Indiana
Milwaukee WI | Nashville TN
Megaregions Need Nature
Initiatives presenting at NWLLC
Other selected Metropolitan Initiatives
Regional Networks presenting at NWLLC
An Agenda for Metropolitan & Landscape Conservation
OPPORTUNITIES
• Green Infrastructure Network Design
• Regional Green Infrastructure Vision
• Ecosystem Services
• Climate Change Adaptation / Resiliency
• Re-Use of Vacant and Underutilized Lands
Green Infrastructure – Linking Megaregions & Landscapes
A strategically
planned and
managed network
of natural lands,
working
landscapes, and
other open spaces
that conserves
ecosystem values
and functions and
provides associated
benefits to human
populations
(Benedict & McMahon, 2006)
Scales of Green Infrastructure Planning
Downtown Nashville
Nashville-Davidson County TN
NiSource MSHCP
GI Network: Protect | Restore | Connect
Cores:
•
Contain fully functional
natural ecosystems
•
Provide high-quality habitat
for native plants and
animals
Hubs:
•
Slightly fragmented
aggregations of core areas,
plus contiguous natural
cover
Corridors:
•
Link core areas together
•
Allow animal movement
and seed and pollen
transfer between core areas
Sites:
Functional Connectivity
•
Important microhabitats not
captured by network
thresholds and criteria
GI Network: Mapping Nature’s Benefits
Human well-being
Material needs, health, security, social relations, “quality of life”
Ecosystem Services
Products
Regulating
Services
Cultural
experiences
Supporting
(Natural processes that
maintain other
ecosystem services)
Ecological Capital
Adapted from 2010 Ecological Footprint Atlas
Green Infrastructure & Ecosystem Services Example: Houston-Galveston
• 13-County GI Network provides ~91% of benefits for water quality,
air quality, water supply, flood protection, and carbon sequestration.
Climate Change Adaptation / Resiliency
OPPORTUNITIES
IMPACTS
• Focus on multiple benefits
•
More extremes – temperature
and precipitation
and ‘no regrets’
•
Range shifts
•
Disturbances - Floods, Wildfire,
Insects, Disease
Vacant Lands Green Infrastructure Typologies
Income Generating
Urban Forest / Carbon Bank
Native Tree/Plant Nursery
Urban Agriculture
Greenhouse / Aquaponics
Alternative Energy
Compliance/Regulatory
Stream/Riparian Restoration
Constructed Wetland / Stormwater
Park / Rain Garden
Phytoremediation
Impervious Surface Removal
Community Benefit
Pocket Park/Playground/Ball Courts
Recreational Trail Linkage
Native Plant / Habitat Garden
Community Garden
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Vacant and Underutilized Lands Example: Amigos de los Rios
Framing An Agenda for Metropolitan & Landscape Conservation
SPEAKERS
• Bruce Roll
• Arnold Randall
• Claire Robinson
Framing An Agenda for Metropolitan & Landscape Conservation
Will Allen
Director of Strategic Conservation Planning
919-967-2248
[email protected]
http://www.conservationfund.org/strategic-conservation
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