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<b>Adrina C. Bardekjian, MFC, PhD</b></p>
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="2">Gestionnaire des Programmes forestiers urbains et du développement de la recherche</font></span></p>
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<font size="2"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">Tree Canada </span>| Arbres Canada</font></p>
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<font size="2"><a><span lang="EN-US">abardekjian@treecanada.ca</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> / </span><a><span lang="EN-US">abardekjian@arbrescanada.ca</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
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<font size="2" color="#000000"><a href="http://treecanada.ca/"><span lang="EN-US">treecanada.ca</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> / </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://arbrescanada.ca/">arbrescanada.ca</a></span></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">WHO report: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif; color: #1f497d;"><a href="http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/pages/news/news/2016/11/who-report-shows-urban-green-spaces-deliver-multiple-health-benefits" style="color: purple;">http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/pages/news/news/2016/11/who-report-shows-urban-green-spaces-deliver-multiple-health-benefits</a>.</span></div>
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<div class="m_-1916593879806476589WordSection1"><b>Planting Healthy Air</b>: <a href="https://global.nature.org/content/healthyair" target="_blank">https://global.nature.org/<wbr>content/healthyair</a><br>
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<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "helvetica",sans-serif; color: #3c3c3c;">The Planting Healthy Air report documents which cities stand to benefit most from tree plantings, in terms of both heat and PM
reduction, and how much investment would be required to achieve meaningful benefits.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "helvetica",sans-serif; color: #3c3c3c;">The analysis found that investing just US$4 per resident in each of these cities in tree planting efforts could improve the health
of millions of people, and that trees are as cost-effective as many other common solutions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "helvetica",sans-serif; color: #3c3c3c;">Most of the cooling and filtering effects created by trees are fairly localized, so densely populated cities—as well as those
with higher overall pollution levels—tend to see the highest overall return on investment (ROI) from tree plantings.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "helvetica",sans-serif; color: #3c3c3c;">The localized nature of trees’ effects, however, means that particular neighborhoods in virtually any city could benefit from
plantings. City planners can even target plantings to protect areas with especially vulnerable populations—such as near schools and hospitals—or use trees as a screen against PM coming from highways and industrial areas.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "helvetica",sans-serif; color: #3c3c3c;">The online report includes a remarkable story map and video clips.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Report</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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