The International Association of Horticultural Producers ( AIPH ) International Green City Conference , bear on eleventh September in Beijing , assemble distinguished utterer from around the world to explicate the theatrical role of plants and trees in make clean and respectable cities .
Mr Bill Hardy , Chair of the AIPH Green City Committee , welcome league participants , saying “ Never before have our living landscapes been so significant to our collective wellbeing ” . Keynote loudspeaker system Professor Xinxiao Yu of Beijing Forestry University present finding from his extensive inquiry that furnish grounds of the role of plants and trees in reduce PM2.5 ( particle less than 2.5 microns ) and the remotion of other airborne particulate affair . By planting a mixing of broadleaf and evergreen plant species with mellow survival rate , Professor Xinxiao Yu ’s results reveal that trees in Beijing aid to cater the city with the equivalent of 15 extra blue - sky day each twelvemonth .
Dr Yibo Xu , Partner and Principle Architect at Stefano Boeri Architetti China , explained how beautiful and impressive Vertical Forest projects contribute to greening in city where space is special . advance in engineering are making it possible to retrace building with Vertical Forests more cost - effectively .
AIPH ’s Technical Advisor , Dr Audrey Gerber present way in which ‘ live green ’ , such as hedge , green walls and indoor plants , can be incorporate into cities . Combined with knowledgeable flora survival of the fittest , Dr Gerber advocate the capacity of plant for improving melodic phrase calibre on a local scale of measurement . Professor Paul Monks of Leicester University illustrated the great complexities of air timbre improvement solutions on a metropolis scale and the role of trees as a barrier and an absorber of speck . Yet , he also urged circumspection saying “ We must not overstate the benefits of trees for improving the strain quality in city – they are part of a broader solvent .
On the root word of ecological development , a number of landscaping project in China were showcased . Mr Yu Bo , Mayor of Yanqing District People ’s Government , delineate the benefits of the Yanqing district and how natural beaut is value and conserve . Mr Gao Dawei , Deputy Director General of Beijing Gardening and Greening Bureau , presented challenging plan to expatiate Beijing ’s planting by 66,000 hectares within the next 5 years , including creating a series of urban parks between the fourth and 5th Ring Roads . Overall , these parks can increase vegetation top by 11 % . Mr Li Zheng , Deputy Secretary of the CPC Chongming District Committee and Mayor of Chongming District People ’s Government , explained the activities in Chongming , adjacent to the Yangtze River , that contribute to the character of the environment and human well - being .
Final speaker , Ms Judith van der Poel , complete the Clarence Day with a presentation on a serial of beautiful landscape in the Netherlands and China , create by Niek Roozen bv . respond to the urgent need for sound and considered landscape pattern to give to clean and healthy cities , Ms van der Poel state that the flora survival of the fittest for these projects was made in accordance with the AIPH Green City principle lay down in theGreen City Guidelines .
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