The Forest + Climate Visualization Partnership (FCVP) Team Presents at the 2023 Great Lakes Region Climate Action Seminar
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EmailFCCP team members, Daphna Gadoth-Goodman and Emily Esch, presented at the virtual Great Lakes Climate Action Seminar as part of the FCVP team.
The Forest + Climate Visualization Partnership (FCVP) is a collaboration between the Climate and Applied Forest Research Institute at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (CAFRI at SUNY-ESF) and the Forest Carbon and Climate Program (FCCP). The partnership serves a unique and critical role in forest climate education, producing innovative and accessible visual media to communicate complex relationships between forests, carbon, climate, and land management. To learn more about this partnership, visit the FCCP Projects + Research page.
Four FCVP team members, including Daphna Gadoth-Goodman and Emily Esch from FCCP, along with Aiden Ackerman and Sara Constantineau from SUNY-ESF, presented at the 2023 Great Lakes Climate Action Seminar to discuss the collaborative efforts of this partnership in visualizing sustainable forest management practices in upstate New York and Michigan. The seminar aims to enhance the involvement of landscape architecture in addressing the effects of climate change on both urban and natural systems throughout the Great Lakes Region. Their virtual presentation outlined the following learning objectives:
- Learn the tools, workflows, and methods for visual media co-creation between scientists, landscape architects, communications staff, and local communities
- Understand the concerns and barriers to adopting sustainable forest management practices and some approaches to address them
- Learn about the specific ways that landscape architects can play a central role in planning for climate change mitigation at a regional level, including leading efforts in design, policy, and community engagement
During the presentation, Aiden Ackerman of SUNY-ESF stated, “While there is no true substitute for a walk in the woods, many people (particularly those in the urban areas of Detroit, Michigan and Syracuse, New York within our team’s respective regions) perceive forests to be unfamiliar and unwelcoming. We believe that the ability to share the experience of a virtual forest can improve the ability of forestry experts to educate their constituents on the impacts that their proposed management will have on the forest landscape where people live, work, and recreate.”
Visit the Forest + Climate Visualization Partnership website here.
