[CANUFNET] Eco-benefit Calculations

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HI Darren
Please check out website www.acer-acre.ca <http://www.acer-acre.ca/> as starting point 

Treepedia is for tree iD and 

TreeCaching allows you to input diameter  for the tree and calculate the carbon sequesterd in different measurements above and below etc 

Carbon Calculator on the home page has DIY instructions to make you own DBH measuring device with string, duct tape and yogurt cup  and convert circumference to diameter formula
Alice 

Publications are under About us and have tree inventories for newly planted and mature trees on different locations - carried out be undergrad interns using our equipment and Smithsonian protocols

The economic value could be checked several places- TD Bank Economist  Depratto  had presentation with much of this 
Alice 
for ACER Association for Canadian Educational Resources 
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> On Aug 22, 2017, at 11:46 AM, Darren Platakis via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net <mailto:canufnet at list.web.net>> wrote:
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> Good morning, 
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> I am working with a number of educators to create an exercise with respect to the eco-benefits of urban trees based on collected data. I am aware of programs like i-Tree as it is the back end to OpenTreeMap which is the basis for my treeOcode Niagara <http://www.treeocodeniagara.com/> project. Unfortunately though, when exporting data out of OpenTreeMap, it does not append the eco-benefits of the trees in the export (which would be a HUGE value add if it could be accomplished).
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> I am searching for very basic calculation formulas that students in Grades 6-8 could put into a spreadsheet with respect to CO2 absorption, storm water filtering, and energy conservation, given the diameter and species. I understand there are incredible complexities within the calculation, but there should be something out there that can engage students on a rudimentary level. 
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> Any/all information would be greatly appreciated. 
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> Warmest Regards, 
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> Darren Platakis 
> BSc., GIS(PG), FRCGS

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