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Short summary of evaluation of outcomes and benefits of conducting i-Tree Eco surveys in the UK.
The Vale of Glamorgan is home to an estimated 1.7 million trees, including at least 59 different species. Air pollution removal, avoided surface water runoff, and carbon sequestration provided by these trees are worth over £2 million per year.
Madalena Vaz Monteiro
Collating ecosystem service provision by different sizes and species of common UK urban trees to inform species selection
This research aims to find out how to expand woodland cover in a way that maximises ecological and social benefits. The programme complements the other six programmes and follows collaborative principles to produce tools which support land managers, stakeholders and policymakers to increase engagement with woodland creation activities
Overview To secure the benefits of the urban forest, it is helpful to take an evidence based approach to management. Measuring tree canopy cover can be a proxy for these benefits. Local authorities, planners, urban designers and community members can use this tree canopy cover data to set a local...
This project reviewed evidence on the health and well-being benefits, and social and cultural benefits, of visits to forests, as well as the methods to measure and monitor them. It also provides recommendations for monitoring these benefits to support the implementation of Scotland’s Forestry Strategy 2019-2029.
A summary of the results of an i-Tree Eco survey, undertaken in summer 2021 with Derby City Council.
Ecosystem provision by urban trees to inform species selection and tree replacement rates
The Covid-19 Pandemic and associated ‘lockdown’ restrictions in 2020 impacted people’s lives in many ways, including how often people visited nature and their experiences of it. This report concerns how people visited green and blue natural spaces and their experiences of this during 2020.
Trees and greenspaces can play an important role in reducing the negative impact of the urban heat island effect on urban communities.
Urban trees provide a range of benefits or ‘ecosystem services’ to society.
