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Local authorities in Canberra have enhanced urban quality of life by planting 400,000 trees. Besides making the city greener, the trees are expected to regulate the microclimate, reduce pollution and thereby improve urban air quality, reduce energy costs for air conditioning as well as store and sequester carbon. Combined, these benefits are expected to amount to the equivalent of US$ 20–67 million for the period 2008- 2012 in terms of the value generated or savings incurred to the city (Brack 2002). On www.treebenefits.com you can calculate the economic and ecological value of trees.
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