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Urban Forest Greenhouse Gas Reporting Protocols: Related Links
Protocol-related documents
Scholarly publications
- Akbari H (2002) Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO2 emissions from power plants. Environmental Pollution 116:S119-S126 [PDF 147 kB]
- Brack CL (2002) Pollution mitigation and carbon sequestration by an urban forest. Environmental Pollution 116:S195-S200 [PDF 195 kB]
- Brown S, Shoch D, Pearson T, Delaney M (2004) Methods for measuring and monitoring forestry carbon projects in California. Winrock International for the California Energy Commission, PIER Energy-Related Environmental Research. [PDF 928 kB]
- Gill SE, Handley JF, Ennos AR, Pauleit S (2007) Adapting cities for climate change: the role of green infrastructure. Built Environment 33(1):115-133. [PDF 275 kB]
- MacFarlane DW (2007) Quantifying urban saw timber abundance and quality in southeastern Lower Michigan. Arboriculture and Urban Forestry 33(4):253-263. [PDF 160 kB]
- McHale M, McPherson EG, Burke IC (2007) The potential of urban tree plantings to be cost effective in carbon credit markets. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 6:49-60. [PDF 262 kB]
- McPherson EG, Simpson JR (2001) Carbon dioxide reduction through urban forestry: guidelines for professional and volunteer tree planters. PSW GTR-171. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, CA [PDF 2.7 MB]
- Nowak DJ, Crane DE (2002) Carbon storage and sequestration by urban trees in the USA. Environmental Pollution 116:381-389 [PDF 129 kB]
- Pataki DE, Alig RJ, Fung AS, Golubiewski NE, Kennedy A, McPherson EG, Nowak DJ, Pouyat RV, Romero Lankao P (2006) Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle. Global Change Biology 12:1-11. [PDF 181.37 KB]
- Pillsbury NH, Gill SJ (2003) Community and urban forest inventory and management program. Technical Report No. 11. Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute, San Luis Obispo. [1.3 MB]
- Pouyat RV, Yesilonis ID, Nowak DJ (2006) Carbon storage by urban soils in the United States. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:1566-1575. [PDF 1.8 MB]
Other publications
- Read Greg McPherson's Op-Ed [PDF 17 kB] in the Los Angeles Times for a discussion of the role of urban trees in combatting global warming. "Fighting climate change is complicated — but the benefits of trees in cities are not an illusion..."
- Have you heard talk in the media recently questioning the value of trees in fighting climate change? Read our take on the subject in the June issue of Arborist News.
Other resources
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