[CANUFNET] FW: Global Report on "Planting Healthy Air" + WHO report on health

[Adrina Bardekjian]

Please feel free to circulate widely: see below


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Adrina C. Bardekjian, MFC, PhD
Manager, Urban Forestry Programs and Research Development
Gestionnaire des Programmes forestiers urbains et du d?veloppement de la recherche
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WHO report: 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.

[http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/image/0017/322046/green-urban-spaces.png]


Planting Healthy Air: https://global.nature.org/content/healthyair
Key take aways:

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.

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.

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.

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.

The online report includes a remarkable story map and video clips.

[https://global.nature.org/photos/695?size=400x800]
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(29.5 MB PDF)


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