Amenity Conference

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Postponed until 2021

The 54th AA National Amenity Conference

Returns to Exeter in 2020

TREES & SOCIETY

University of Exeter, 6–9 September 2020

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The Arboricultural Association’s 54th conference is beginning to take shape with ‘Trees & Society’ generating widespread interest from within the industry and beyond.

Public awareness of trees and their benefits is increasing with each day and they are now higher on the political agenda than ever before. ‘Trees and Society’ comes at an important time in the history of our industry and represents a fantastic opportunity to define the critical role of arboriculture in managing and shaping the future treescape.

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Trees & Society will shed light about many important questions on the significant role trees, and our industry, can play in the coming years. They include:

Are we properly considering those benefits of trees which are impossible to quantify?
Are the benefits of trees equally distributed across society?
What role can trees play in education, healthcare and community cohesion?
Why are trees important to people?
And how can we apply these ideas to our day-to-day work?

The timetable of speakers and topics is expected to become available towards the end of April, so be sure to come back to this page to be kept informed.

Delegate booking will open in May.

Main Themes and Topics

Health and Wellbeing

Physical health
Mental wellbeing
Trees in the health sector
Green prescriptions
Trees for healing and exercise

The Social Benefits of Trees

Social cohesion
Crime reduction
Community engagement
Trees in education
The spiritual value of trees

Trees and People

Public perception of trees
Trees, politics and protest
Trees, conflict and conflict resolution
Trees in social history and mythology
The importance of ancient trees

Equality and the Urban Forest

Green inequity
Green gentrification
Diversity in arboriculture
Trees and social justice
Governance and policy

Innovation in Arboriculture

New techniques
New ideas
New research
New perspectives
New voices

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