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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 Wordle™ 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 14 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 Wordle™