29 Reasons for Planting Trees
Compiled from various sources by Glenn Roloff, USDA Forest Service.
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Urban Street Trees -22 Benefits
This full color illustrated guide from Walkable Communities, Inc., outlines 22 benefits of planting urban trees [2835]
The Benefits of Urban Trees, Forest Trees, and Riparian Trees
Presented by Plant-It 2000, this page provides a list of benefits from trees in each environment--cities, forests, and riversides. [1391]
Benefits of Trees
A discussion of the social, economic, environmental and community benefits of trees. Provided by the International Society of Arboriculture. [2066]
Benefits of Trees In Urban Areas
A good compilation of tree benefits provided the Colorado Tree Coalition [2071]
Benefits of trees
A wealth of information on the benefits of trees provided by USDA, Pacific Southwest Research Station,Center for Urban Forest Research. [2058]
Ground Work: Investigating the Need for Nature in the City
By Mark Hudson, Evergreen. This report examines the environmental, social and economic costs and benefits associated with integrating nature into the urban environment. It provides an overview of existing research undertaken on this subject, in Canada and around the world. It also includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography profiling a selection of the leading related publications. [2057]
Human Dimension of Urban and Community Forestry
An excellent collection of fact sheets/research summaries exploring the urban forestry-human connection. Presented by Kathleen L. Wolf, Ph.D., Center for Urban Horticulture, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington
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Human-Environment Research Laboratory
This site contains a number of research summaries presenting the benefits to people from the natural environment. Presented by the Human-Environment Research Laboratory (HERL), Frances Kuo and William Sullivan. [2060]
Identified Benefits of Community Trees and Forests
This paper presents a list of selected goods, services, and benefits community trees across the nation and forests provide. Benefits were compiled from a diversity of individual research projects by Dr. Kim D. Coder, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia. [2067]
National Tree Trust Tree Facts 2001 Brochure
Two-page brochure on tree facts and benefits provided by the National Tree Trust (pdf file) [2069]
Ozone Pollution
This site summarizes studies on trees and air pollution by researchers at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA. [2086]
The Effects of Urban Trees on Air Quality
In this paper, USDA Forest Service researcher David Nowak presents a wealth of information concerning the roll trees play in improving air quality in our cities. [2087]
The Value of Trees to a Community
A list of tree benefits provided by the National Arbor Day Foundation [2065]
Tree Benefits
A collection of tree benefits provided by Trees Atlanta [2068]
Urban Forests – Trees Working Where People Do
A discussion of the work that urban trees do in the areas of Stormwater Management,Air Quality Improvement, and Energy Conservation. Presented by American Forests. [2072]
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