"The Battle for the Forest": how networks of green urban spaces are crucial for biodiversity
Urban forests not only contribute to our well-being, but also they make cities more resilient when faced with extreme climate events. Even more so, they play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation.
“A healthy [plant and animal] population is a population that is able to move around, but unfortunately, we have built barriers, which fragment natural environments.”
In this episode “La forêt urbaine” (The urban forest), Professor Gonzalez explains how his work aims to create ecological networks to connect the wooded areas, parks and green spaces of the greater urban community of Montreal to benefit biodiversity.