Trust for Urban Ecology explained

The Trust for Urban Ecology (TRUE) is a London-based ecological organisation and is part of The Conservation Volunteers (formerly BTCV) since april 2012. The Trust for Urban Ecology was founded in 1976 when ecologist Max Nicholson and a group of like-minded conservationists set up Britain's first urban ecology park.^[1]

History

Max Nicholson, the trust's founder, was also instrumental in setting up the World Wildlife Fund and became the 2nd Director General of the Nature Conservancy Council.^[2]

The trust's first site, the William Curtis Ecological Park, was created on the site of a derelict lorry park near London's Tower Bridge. The William Curtis Ecological Park was always intended to be temporary and in 1985 the land was returned to its owners.^[3] By this time the trust had already created two new nature parks and it would later acquire another two.

Current sites

• Stave Hill Ecological Park^[4]
• Lavender Pond
• Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park^[5]
• Dulwich Upper Wood

Aims

• To provide a new habitat for urban wildlife
• To enable ecologists to discover more about the nature of urban ecology
• To offer city residents the chance to enjoy nature and learn through hands-on experience
• To demonstrate the value of creative conservation - an ecological approach to the creation of new landscapes
• To provide examples of best practice and key demonstration sites

Other activities

• The trust offer environmental design, creation and management services
• Volunteer and work placement schemes
• Environment skills training
• Corporate team-building projects

See also

• Urban Ecology
• The Conservation Volunteers

External links

• Information about (the Trust for) Urban Ecology at the website of The Conservation Volunteers

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Urban Ecology. 2023-12-25. The Conservation Volunteers. https://web.archive.org/web/20231216140214/https://www.tcv.org.uk/london/urbanecology/about-urban-ecology/. 2023-12-16. live.
2. The Auk . 122 . 1. 357 . 2005. In memoriam: Edward Max Nicholson, 1904-2003. Perrins, CM . 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0357:imemn]2.0.co;2. 86369839 .
3. http://www.urbanecology.org.uk/index.html Trust for Urban Ecology website
4. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/directory_record/2411/urban_trust_ecology/category/16/rotherhithe Southwark Council Website
5. http://old.gold.ac.uk/world/wnews/ecopark.html The Westcombe Society Website website