Economic Benefit of Trees

Contents

• What is the Value of Trees?
• Measuring the Value of Trees
• Trees and Climate Change
• MRSC Related Pages
  • Urban Forestry

What is the Value of Trees?

• Benefits of Trees - National Arbor Foundation
• Greenbacks in the Greenery: Never Forget the Economic Value of Trees, Parks and Open Spaces, by Catherine Benotto of Weber + Thompson,  Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, April 18, 2002
• Grow for the Gold: Trees in Business Districts, ( 676 KB) by Kathleen L. Wolf, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington. Tree Link, Spring 1999.
• Human Dimensions of the Urban Foresty and Urban Greening  - Kathleen L. Wolf, University of Washington, College of Forest Resources - Topics cover studies and research related to nature and consumer environments, trees and transportation, civic ecology, policy and planning, and urban forestry and human benefits
• Human Dimensions of the Urban Foresty Fact Sheets, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington November 1998. Research funded by the USDA Forest Service, Project Director Kathleen L. Wolf. Reprinted with permission.
  • Urban Growth Benefits: Psycho-Social Dimensions of People and Plant, Fact Sheet #1 ( 250 KB)
  • Growing with Green: Business Districts and the Urban Forest, Fact Sheet #2 ( 267 KB)
  • Urban Forest Values: Economic Benefits of Trees in Cities, Fact Sheet #3 ( 229 KB)
  • Trees in Business Districts: Comparing Values of Consumers and Business, Fact Sheet #4 ( 320 KB)
  • Trees in Business Districts: Positive Effects on Consumer Behavior, Fact Sheet #5 ( 271 KB)
• Toronto Tree Advocacy Planting Program
• Trees Mean Business: Trees and the Retail Landscape, Kathleen L. Wolf, Mainstreet News,  No. 263, August 2009, Entire Issue   MRSC Library Loan
• Tree Benefits - Friends of Trees 
• Value of Trees - A Technical Guide to Urban and Community Forestry, US Forest Service, Saint Paul Field Office  - Includes method of inventory and appraisal

Measuring the Value of Trees

• Center for Urban Forest Research, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
  • STRATUM - A street tree management and analysis tool for urban forest managers that uses tree inventory data to quantify the dollar value of annual environmental and aesthetic benefits: energy conservation, air quality improvement, CO2 reduction, stormwater control, and property value increase
  • Municipal Forest Resource Analysis - List of reports with links
• Regional Ecosystem Analysis (REA)  - Process developed by American Forests uses a combination of satellite data, field surveys, CITYgreen software and other Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology

Trees and Climate Change

• Climate Change Information - American Forests
• Climate Change, Mitigation, and Adaptation Science - U.S. Forest Service, Southwest Research Station, U.C Davis
• Climate Change Tree Atlas- U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station
• Climate Change Killing America's Trees at Ever Faster Rates, by Michael Wall, Wired Science January 22, 2009
• Pacific Northwest Global Change Research - U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station  
• Trees - Climate Change Issues - California Local Government Commission
• Urban Forests and Climate Change - U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center
• Urban Forests and Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Protocol  - U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Urban Forests and Climate Change: Project Reporting Protocol, by Greg McPherson, California Trees, Fall 2008 

Related Resources
MRSC Index – Urban forest management