{"id":35677,"date":"2023-02-21T16:56:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35677"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:56:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:56:35","slug":"ihbc-project-signpost-to-tci-using-technology-and-traditional-methods-to-engage-about-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35677","title":{"rendered":"IHBC project signpost to TCI: \u2018Using technology and traditional methods to engage about trees\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Consultation Institute (TCI) has featured Marc Read, Environmental Services Manager at Salisbury City Council and Matt Johns, Director at Johns Associates Ltd., on engaging communities about trees.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026\u2018the best looking cities are the ones with mature trees\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Consultation Institute writes:<\/p>\n

Salisbury City Council, partnered with the Woodland Trust and working with consultants Johns Associates, is developing a Tree and Ecosystem Strategy that will confirm the tree stock and diversity on City Council land, highlight areas that could support more trees, opportunities to introduce enhanced tree management, and showcase the range of nature-based benefits from trees on Salisbury City Council owned and maintained land, including pollination, landscape, wellness, heritage, air quality, biodiversity, carbon and natural flood management. The strategy combines three key methods: data\/survey, engagement and analysis.<\/p>\n

Early findings already show that thousands of trees owned and managed by the Council line Salisbury\u2019s streets, providing summer shade, autumn colour and homes for wildlife. They absorb pollution, provide oxygen and enrich the scenery of the city.\u00a0 Some have been here for centuries; others are more recent additions to our urban landscape. Without them Salisbury would be a completely different place.<\/p>\n

Tree location, canopy and numbers can be obtained from the National Tree Atlas.\u00a0 This is brought into a Geographical Information System, together with other spatial data to create a digital tree map for Salisbury. The trees on Council land have then been surveyed, and that data will be integrated with the mapping. To help both steer the scope of the Strategy and to engage and enrich it with information held by the community a range of traditional methods and use of technology have been adopted. The mapping outputs and initial findings were used to inform presentations to Council Members, but also to Environmental Managers from across Wiltshire. This included access to an interactive tree map using the ESRI FieldMap app. An updated form of this information was used to brief the Salisbury Green Space Partnership, the Wiltshire Climate Alliance and request input to the public engagement process.<\/p>\n

A digital public engagement event was held between October and December 2022 seeking to find out which trees are special to the public and why.\u00a0 This used MIRO virtual whiteboard technology to host an online tree map for Salisbury and facilitate interactive participation using the MIRO tools e.g. sticky notes, text, pens, highlighters.\u00a0 Alongside adding information to the map, the public were also invited to use What3Words as a tree location tool.\u00a0 A press release and web site information was used to promote the engagement, with good uptake by the local media.<\/p>\n

This was complimented by an in person public exhibition in the City Library in November 2022 using the survey and mapping outputs and in-person \u2018story-telling\u2019 to capture information about important trees. The initial findings show that the trees on Salisbury City Council land include a broad range of species, age and function.\u00a0\u00a0 Trees are associated with nearly all aspects of the city landscape ranging from mature and young individuals, groups and woodlands.\u00a0 Trees can be found in most of the city streets, lining open spaces such as the Market Square, as well as in parks and nature reserves, with some areas being natural, with some others being created by notable designers.<\/p>\n

The public highlighted: \u201cthe best looking cities are the ones with mature trees\u201d, \u201cplaces feel more welcoming when more trees are present\u201d, \u201cwhy not create greenways, using tree canopies to help create cooler walking routes\u201d, \u201cplease add more trees to our streets\u201d, \u201ctrees also help enrich our senses from scented flowers to hearing bees\u201d, \u201ctrees and ideally an urban forest are key to improving air quality\u201d, \u201cthe trees in the city are very much appreciated\u201d, \u201cwe should protect all trees and plant more\u201d, \u201ccreate more small discrete areas of green space with trees \u2013 accessible oasis of calm for people\u201d.<\/p>\n

Annie Child, the City Clerk said, \u201cAs you walk through Salisbury\u2019s streets you will walk past some of the thousands of trees that stand across Salisbury. Trees provide us with the oxygen we breathe, homes for wildlife, brighten our city and so much more. Each of these trees are unique. Some are ancient and have witnessed Salisbury develop over the centuries; others are newer but are important additions to the urban landscape. Help us understand what these trees mean to you. Let us know about a tree you think is special or why trees are important to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The output from the data and engagement is being assessed and the tree strategy being written, with a final round of consultation with Council Members in March 2023, prior to the strategy being finalised and put into action.<\/p>\n

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