Professor Nicholas Williams

Professor in Urban Horticulture and Natural Resources, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Environment

Map of the Month

We’ve reconstructed Melbourne’s 200-year-old forests

Before it was streets and suburbs, Melbourne was a rich landscape of forests, swamps and grasslands. Our new Map of the Month is rebuilding it for the first time – tree by tree

Sciences & Technology

Made Possible By Melbourne

Planting gardens on office buildings will reduce inner-city temperatures and create energy savings - and improve workers' moods.

Environment

Making megacities healthy for humans

How urban ecology can provide a greener alternative to the concrete jungles of the future