[CANUFNET] Research Project on “Measuring Footprint of Urban Forestry in Canada”

[Darren Platakis via CANUFNET]

Good afternoon Yuki,

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 treeOcode Niagara
<http://www.treeocodeniagara.com> - this is a project of my non-profit
organization - Geospatial Niagara <http://www.geospatialniagara.com> - we
are using OpenTreeMap to collect data about the urban forest canopy. You
can see the map here <https://www.opentreemap.org/treeocodeniagara/map/>. -
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.

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.

If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.[image: Inline
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Warmest Regards,


Darren Platakis
BSc., GIS(PG), FRCGS

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Yu Yung via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net
> wrote:

> June 22, 2017
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> If you have information about forestry in your municipality that you would
> like to share, please feel free to contact me at
> yuki.yung at mail.utoronto.ca <yuki.yung at mail.utoronto.ca?subject=>. 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.
>
>
> Thank you very much in advance. I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Yuki Yung
>
> Master of Forest Conservation Candidate
>
> Faculty of Forestry
>
> University of Toronto
>
> yuki.yung at mail.utoronto.ca
>
>
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