- Source: Trust for Urban Ecology
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.
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.
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. 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
Lavender Pond
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
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
References
External links
Information about (the Trust for) Urban Ecology at the website of The Conservation Volunteers
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