ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Rouge Park, Urban Forest, Parks Canada
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Peer reviewed article on the benefits of trees to people who live in a city. Good health - shade to keep you cool. Canadian urban forest network (interest group) = ngo. 26. 6-28% tree canopy cover = 10. 2 million trees. Estimate: urban forest provides the equivalent of more than 28. 2 million in ecological services each year. Reduce energy use from heating and cooling of residential buildings. Rouge park (toronto) - canada"s premier wilderness park. Some of the rarest and best remaining wetlands, forests, agricultural lands. Was suppose and to be bigger and donate land - but fed govt" didn"t. Trees provide everything: paper, paint, food, toilet seats, eye glasses. Sustainable growth of forests public disclosure of practices - transparent about everything (how many you cut, where, roads, etc. ) Soil and water protection, forest protection, conservation of biodiversity. With all these you become certified = fpac and apfc. This isn"t mandatory, people do it for the sticker.
