<div dir="ltr">Good afternoon Yuki, <div><br></div><div>You may already have this information as I believe we are listed on the Urban Forestry Stewardship Network site (or we used to be - not sure why that changed), but I would like to direct you to <a href="http://www.treeocodeniagara.com">treeOcode Niagara</a> - this is a project of my non-profit organization - <a href="http://www.geospatialniagara.com">Geospatial Niagara</a> - we are using OpenTreeMap to collect data about the urban forest canopy. You can see the <a href="https://www.opentreemap.org/treeocodeniagara/map/">map here</a>. - The current inventory in the program calculates over $1.5 million dollars in eco-benefits yearly to the Niagara community and more specifically the City of St. Catharines.</div><div><br></div><div>The goal is to promote the eco-benefits of urban trees but to also incorporate the collected data into educational materials for schools and to promote the use of geospatial technologies. Recently we used remotely sensed multispectral imagery to classify the forest canopy for the City of St. Catharines. I have attached that image to this email. <br><br>If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.<img src="cid:ii_15cd12aebfd5360a" alt="Inline image 1" width="434" height="562"> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:helvetica,geneva,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" size="2">Warmest Regards,</font></span><span style="font-family:helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(111,112,113)!important"> </span></div><div><font color="#6f7071" face="helvetica, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.44444465637207px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#6f7071" face="helvetica, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.44444465637207px"><br></span></font>Darren Platakis </div><div>BSc., GIS(PG), FRCGS</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Yu Yung via CANUFNET <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" target="_blank">canufnet@list.web.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif">June 22, 2017</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif">I am a Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) student at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto. Under the guidance of Dr. Danijela Puric-Mladenovic
and Dr. Adrina C. Bardekjian, I am currently working on a research project about “Measuring the Footprint of Urban Forestry in Canada”. The project is funded by Tree Canada and Mitacs.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:12pt">The primary goal of this project
is to evaluate the extent of urban forestry activities and its spatial distribution across Canada’s municipalities, and visualize the findings in the form of interactive maps. We have completed the first phase of data collection, which included capturing and
standardizing readily available web information related to urban forestry in Ontario. For more information regarding the project, please see the attached flyer.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:12pt">I am currently gathering
information about urban forestry activities in other provinces. These information include tree protection policies, tree by-laws, urban forest management plans, pest and disease management strategies, tree inventories and methods, urban forest planning and
green systems, and community stewardship activities.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif">If you have information
about forestry in your municipality that you would like to share, please feel free to contact me at
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Any information pointing us in the right direction (e.g. a web page link, report, summary of activities, contact person to talk to) will be greatly appreciated.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:12pt">Thank you very much in advance.
I look forward to hearing from you.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Yuki Yung</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Master of Forest Conservation Candidate</span></p>
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