Tree inventory of UBC Farm to accelerate agroforestry research

Juxtaposed with the agricultural production systems at the UBC Farm is a large area of second growth forest that is currently classified as an area for agroforestry. While this forest is not currently actively managed for agroforestry or forestry production, it provides an unparalleled resource on campus for research and learning. The objective is to undertake a 100% inventory of all trees >10cm diameter at breast height (DBH), identify and record them in an UBC campus-wide database format, and share the data on an open-source platform for students and researchers at UBC to access. This will provide the necessary baseline for further research on urban forestry, ecosystem services, biodiversity, climate change, potential sustainable timber production, and agroforestry, among others, to take place at UBC Farm. It represents an essential tool for the future sustainable management of the remaining forest on the UBC Farm.与英属哥伦比亚大学（University of British Columbia，简称UBC）农场的农业生产系统毗邻的，是一片大面积次生林，目前该区域被划为农林业用地。尽管该森林目前尚未针对农林业或林业生产进行主动经营管理，但它为校园内的科研与教学活动提供了无可比拟的宝贵资源。本项目的目标是对所有胸径（diameter at breast height，简称DBH）大于10厘米的树木开展全面普查，以UBC校园统一的数据库格式对这些树木进行识别与记录，并将数据共享至开源平台，供UBC的学生与研究人员使用。此举将为UBC农场后续开展的城市林业、生态系统服务、生物多样性、气候变化、潜在可持续木材生产以及农林业等诸多领域的研究提供必要的基准数据。该数据集同时也是UBC农场剩余森林未来可持续经营管理的核心支撑工具。