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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"AdvTT2cba4af3\.B"'>Gathering “wild” food in the city: rethinking the role of foraging in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"AdvTT2cba4af3\.B"'>urban ecosystem planning and management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"AdvTT2cba4af3\.B"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:black'>Rebecca McLain</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:blue'>a</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:AdvPS4C9543;color:blue'>∗</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:black'>, Patrick Hurley</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:blue'>b</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:black'>, Marla Emery</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:blue'>c </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:black'>and Melissa Poe</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:blue'>d<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>a</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>b</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>Environmental Studies Program, Ursinus College, PO Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>c</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Burlington, VT, USA; </span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>d</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>Northwest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'>Sustainability Institute, Seattle, WA, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTf90d833a\.I";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>Recent “green” planning initiatives envision food production, including urban<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>agriculture and livestock production, as desirable elements of sustainable cities. We<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>use an integrated urban political ecology and human–plant geographies framework to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>explore how foraging for “wild” foods in cities, a subversive practice that challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>prevailing views about the roles of humans in urban green spaces, has potential to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>also support sustainability goals. Drawing on research from Baltimore, New York </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"AdvTT2cba4af3\.B"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>City, Philadelphia, and Seattle, we show that foraging is a vibrant and ongoing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>practice among diverse urban residents in the USA. At the same time, as reflected in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>regulations, planning practices, and attitudes of conservation practitioners, it is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>conceptualised as out of place in urban landscapes and an activity to be discouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>We discuss how paying attention to urban foraging spaces and practices can<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>strengthen green space planning and summarise opportunities for and challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:AdvTT5843c571'>associated with including foragers and their concerns.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> MPWG [mailto:mpwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>De Angelis, Patricia<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 30, 2013 10:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> native-plants; mpwg<br><b>Subject:</b> [MPWG] Fwd: DOI Office of Policy Analysis Seminar - October 7, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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: <a href="http://www.doi.gov/ppa/Seminar_Series.cfm">http://www.doi.gov/ppa/Seminar_Series.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service-International Affairs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Arlington, VA 22203<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>703-358-1708 x1753<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>FAX: 703-358-2276<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><<a href="http://www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal" target="_blank">www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Follow International Affairs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/USFWSInternatl" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/USFWSInternatl</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/USFWS_InternationalAffairs" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/USFWS_InternationalAffairs</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Announcement, DOI</b> <<a href="mailto:doi_announcement@ios.doi.gov">doi_announcement@ios.doi.gov</a>><br>Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:36 AM<br>Subject: DOI Office of Policy Analysis Seminar - October 7, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interior’s Office of Policy Analysis Seminar </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Integrating Ecosystem Services into Public and Private Sector Decision Making </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speaker</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Janet Ranganathan, Vice President, Science and Research, World Resources Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Topic:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Integrating Ecosystem Services into Public and Private Sector Decision Making</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: October 7, 2013</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 12:15 - 1:15 pm (Eastern)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Rachel Carson Room (Basement Cafeteria of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC 20240)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Livestream Available:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="http://www.doi.gov/live" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.doi.gov/events</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (Livestream login is required to ask questions. Please click “join” or “login to chat” and follow instructions.) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 <i>assets or benefits</i> that humans in fact depend upon. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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: <a href="http://www.doi.gov/ppa/Seminar_Series.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.doi.gov/ppa/Seminar_Series.cfm</a>. Closed captioning will also be available. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For Interior Department Registrants only:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 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):</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://gm2.geolearning.com/geonext/doi/coursesummary.CourseCatalog.geo?id=123707&selectTab=Scheduled+Classes" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://gm2.geolearning.com/geonext/doi/coursesummary.CourseCatalog.geo?id=123707&selectTab=Scheduled+Classes</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please return to DOI Learn to certify that you have completed the course.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For additional information about this event, please contact Tamera Bassford at: <a href="mailto:tamera_bassford@ios.doi.gov" target="_blank">tamera_bassford@ios.doi.gov</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>