[CANUFNET] CANUFNET Digest, Vol 52, Issue 6

[Leadbeater, Dale]

Hello:

 

I am working on a plan for the City of Vaughan that is targeting 40%
canopy cover, including urban street trees as well as forest within the
core natural heritage network.  We have prepared a draft document that
provides the justification for an outcomes based approach to planning
and are in the initial stages of developing policy.  I expect that
models like the City of Toronto Ravine By-Law will be most helpful in
pushing the envelope to greater forest cover.  We are linking forest
cover to ecosystem services in order to increase value to the developer.

 

Do you have a justification for the 40%?  How did the recommendation
come about?  

 

 

 

Dale Leadbeater, B.Sc., B.Ed.

Senior Biologist

AECOM

300 Town Centre Blvd., Suite 300

Markham, ON L3R 5Z6

(905) 477 8400 ext. 229

dale.leadbeater at aecom.com

 

 

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:36:36 -0400

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Does anyone have a comprehensive plan developed for their city to
increase 

the canopy cover? The Brantford City Council has directed us to develop
a 

plan to get to 40% canopy cover for the entire city.  We have begun to 

assess canopy cover and we conclude that our blvd trees contribute 5% to


the canopy cover of Brantford.  Is anyone else working on a similar 

project? 

 

________________________

Brian Geerts 

Urban Forestry Technician

City of Brantford 

Parks & Recreation Department

1 Sherwood Drive

Brantford, ON     N3T 1N3

519.756.1500 x5511

Fax 519.756.4893 

bgeerts at brantford.ca

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