[MPWG] Fwd: DOI Office of Policy Analysis Seminar - October 7, 2013

[Hurley, Patrick]

For those who might be interested, the January issue of Local Environments will include this article by a group of us who have been researching urban nontimber forest product and gathering practices. Our work seeks explicitly to contribute to discussions about the role that ecological goods might play in the formulation of policy related to urban ecosystem services.

Gathering “wild” food in the city: rethinking the role of foraging in
urban ecosystem planning and management

Rebecca McLaina∗, Patrick Hurleyb, Marla Emeryc and Melissa Poed

aInstitute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA;
bEnvironmental Studies Program, Ursinus College, PO Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA;
cUSDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Burlington, VT, USA; dNorthwest
Sustainability Institute, Seattle, WA, USA

Recent “green” planning initiatives envision food production, including urban
agriculture and livestock production, as desirable elements of sustainable cities. We
use an integrated urban political ecology and human–plant geographies framework to
explore how foraging for “wild” foods in cities, a subversive practice that challenges
prevailing views about the roles of humans in urban green spaces, has potential to
also support sustainability goals. Drawing on research from Baltimore, New York
City, Philadelphia, and Seattle, we show that foraging is a vibrant and ongoing
practice among diverse urban residents in the USA. At the same time, as reflected in
regulations, planning practices, and attitudes of conservation practitioners, it is
conceptualised as out of place in urban landscapes and an activity to be discouraged.
We discuss how paying attention to urban foraging spaces and practices can
strengthen green space planning and summarise opportunities for and challenges
associated with including foragers and their concerns.

From: MPWG [mailto:mpwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of De Angelis, Patricia
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Subject: [MPWG] Fwd: DOI Office of Policy Analysis Seminar - October 7, 2013

This webcast may be of general native plant interest and particularly for medicinal plants. The Oct. 7 event below and other upcoming events can be found at: http://www.doi.gov/ppa/Seminar_Series.cfm

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service-International Affairs
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Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:36 AM
Subject: DOI Office of Policy Analysis Seminar - October 7, 2013

Interior’s Office of Policy Analysis Seminar

Integrating Ecosystem Services into Public and Private Sector Decision Making



Speaker:         Janet Ranganathan, Vice President, Science and Research, World Resources Institute

Topic:             Integrating Ecosystem Services into Public and Private Sector Decision Making

Date:               October 7, 2013

Time:              12:15 - 1:15 pm (Eastern)

Where:            Rachel Carson Room (Basement Cafeteria of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC 20240)

Livestream Available:  http://www.doi.gov/events<http://www.doi.gov/live> (Livestream login is required to ask questions.  Please click “join” or “login to chat” and follow instructions.)

Please join Interior’s Office of Policy Analysis on October 7 for their monthly speaker series.  This month’s seminar features a discussion on how ecosystem services can be factored into a variety of public and private sector decisions in ways that support environmental, social and economic goals. Human well-being and nature are inextricably linked. Yet policies and practices related to human development and ecosystem protection are too often developed separately or even viewed as in opposition. By considering nature in terms of ecosystem services, decision makers can see and value the environment as a series of assets or benefits that humans in fact depend upon.

To stream this event live, please join 5-10 minutes early to avoid technical difficulties.  The recorded event will be posted to the Office of Policy Analysis website:  http://www.doi.gov/ppa/Seminar_Series.cfm.  Closed captioning will also be available.

For Interior Department Registrants only:  This seminar meets one hour of Executive Education training. If you are participating in this seminar to meet this training requirement, please register through DOI Learn prior to the start of the event, using your DOI Learn username and password. Direct link to registration (login required):

https://gm2.geolearning.com/geonext/doi/coursesummary.CourseCatalog.geo?id=123707&selectTab=Scheduled+Classes

Please return to DOI Learn to certify that you have completed the course.



For additional information about this event, please contact Tamera Bassford at: tamera_bassford at ios.doi.gov<mailto:tamera_bassford at ios.doi.gov>.

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