Estimating carbon storage in urban forests of New York City

Pregitzer, Clara C.; Hanna, Chloe; Charlop‐Powers, Sarah; Bradford, Mark A.

doi:10.1007/s11252-021-01173-9

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“…Therefore, it was determined that forests with a high understory coverage rate would be considered to have a higher level of erosion control. The level of carbon storage varies according to forest stand type, species, and age [69,70]; therefore, the level of carbon storage was assumed to be consistent across characteristics such as forest type, species, age class, and stand density. Based on previous studies [71,72] that suggest a higher canopy density contributes to greater carbon storage, categorization was performed according to canopy density ratios [58].…”

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Residents’ Willingness to Pay for Forest Ecosystem Services Based on Forest Ownership Classification in South Korea

Son,

Lee,

2024

Forests

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South Korea is one of the countries with a significant proportion of its national territory covered by forests. However, it remains unclear what management strategies for providing forest ecosystem services are preferred by the residents. This study explores South Korean residents’ preferences for managing local forest ecosystem services, with a focus on how these preferences vary by forest ownership. Using the choice experiment method, this research identified residents’ willingness to pay for seven key local forest ecosystem services, along with a tax measure. The findings indicate a strong preference for biodiversity as the primary ecosystem service in both national/public and private forests, with residents willing to pay an average of KRW 28,370 (USD 21.80) per household per year and KRW 31,670 (USD 24.34) per household per year, respectively, for its enhancement. Preferences varied depending on forest ownership, with noticeable differences in perceptions of services like water supply, non-timber forest product supply, carbon storage, and recreation. Based on forest ownership, these variations in perceptions highlight the importance of managing ecosystem services in line with national/public forests and private forests, which significantly influences residents’ preferences. The study emphasizes the necessity of formulating ecosystem service management policies that account for the region’s unique natural resource characteristics, aiming to maximize ecological benefits for the local population.

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“…Low: low canopy density (less than 40% canopy cover area by trees) Medium: medium canopy density (canopy cover area of 41~70%)High: high canopy density (more than 71% canopy cover area by trees)[58,69,70] KRW 10,000 = USD 7.69 (23 November 2023).…”

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Residents’ Willingness to Pay for Forest Ecosystem Services Based on Forest Ownership Classification in South Korea

Son,

Lee,

2024

Forests

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“…For example, urban forests help reduce the urban heat island effect (Alonzo et al, 2021), they support management of stormwater runoff (Selbig et al, 2022), and they are both comprised of and are habitat for various animal and plant species (Derby Lewis et al, 2019). Further, benefits of urban forests including air quality improvement (Lai and Kontokosta, 2019), carbon sequestration (Nowak et al, 2013;Pregitzer et al, 2022), community cohesion (Campbell et al, 2016;Svendsen et al, 2016), and mental well-being (Berman et al, 2021), among others, are increasingly demonstrated and understood. Despite the increasing recognition of the roles that urban forests play, recent work indicates they are declining throughout the United States (Nowak and Greenfield, 2018).…”

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Understanding Opportunities for Urban Forest Expansion to Inform Goals: Working Toward a Virtuous Cycle in New York City

Treglia¹,

Piland²,

Leu³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Urban forests are critical infrastructure for mitigating environmental and social challenges cities face. Municipalities and non-governmental entities, among others, often set goals (e.g., tree planting or canopy targets) to support urban forests and their benefits. We focus on canopy goals and develop conceptual underpinnings for an analysis of where additional canopy, as one important dimension of the urban forest, can fit within the landscape, while considering factors that influence where trees can be planted and where canopy can grow – ‘practical canopy.’ We apply this in New York City (NYC) to inform the setting of a canopy goal by the NYC Urban Forest Task Force (UFTF) for the NYC Urban Forest Agenda, which may trigger a virtuous cycle that supports the urban forest there. We further develop framing for a ‘priority canopy’ analysis to understand where urban forest expansion should be prioritized given more context (e.g., environmental hazards, local preferences), which can inform how expansion of the urban forest is achieved. We estimate an opportunity for 15,899 ha of new canopy in NYC given existing opportunities and constraints (practical canopy), which, if leveraged, could result in nearly doubling the canopy as of 2017 (17,253 ha). However, like existing canopy, practical canopy is not evenly distributed, in general, or across jurisdictions and land uses. Relying solely on areas identified as practical canopy to expand the urban forest would exacerbate inequities in its distribution. We discuss how the NYC UFTF established an aspirational but achievable goal of 30% canopy cover by 2035, which was informed by this analysis and guided by priorities of equity, health, and resilience. Achievement of this goal will ultimately require a combination of protecting and stewarding the existing resource, and leveraging opportunities for tree planting. Achieving a more equitable urban forest will also require identification of priority canopy, and, in cases, creation of new opportunities for tree planting and canopy expansion. Overall, the collaborative establishment of such goals based on local context can be instrumental in creating a virtuous cycle, moving conservation actors toward exercising influence and agency within the social ecological system.

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“…The urban forest plays an important role in maintaining and improving the urban environment and is attracting more and more attention [ 14 , 16 ]. The urban forest not only plays an extremely important role in improving the urban microclimate, maintaining the balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen [ 17 ], alleviating the urban “heat island effect” [ 18 ], and purifying the air [ 19 , 20 ]. In addition, it can enrich urban characteristics and the urban landscape and provide recreation and social communication space for residents [ 21 ].…”

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Evaluation of Ecological Service Function of Liquidambar formosana Plantations

Wang²,

Wang

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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A Liquidambar formosana plantation is a kind of fast-grown forest in the subtropical region, providing a variety of ecosystem services such as superior wood, carbon fixation and oxygen release, and biodiversity maintenance. However, the ecological service function value of Liquidambar formosana plantations is not clear. To gain insights into the characteristics and importance of its ecological and economic benefits, the Liquidambar formosana plantation in the Tianjiling Forest Farm of Changsha City was taken as the specific research object in this paper. The ecological service function evaluation index system for Liquidambar formosana plantations was established based on the relevant research worldwide and the actual situation. The market value method, shadow engineering method, carbon tax method, and other environmental economics methods were used to estimate the value of seven ecological service functions (including organic matter production, carbon fixation and oxygen release, water conservation, soil conservation, soil improvement, air purification, and biodiversity maintenance) of the forest of Liquidambar formosana. The results indicated that the total economic value of ecological service function provided by the Liquidambar formosana plantation of Changsha was 103,277.82 RMB/(hm2·a), and the indirect economic value was 8.47 times that of the direct economic value. Among the seven ecological service functions, the value of carbon fixation and oxygen release was the highest (36,703.33 RMB·hm−2·a−1), thus suggesting that the Liquidambar formosana plantation had strong photosynthesis and significant carbon fixation. This study directly reflects the value of forest ecological service function in the form of currency, which is beneficial to provide more insights into forest ecological service function so as to provide basic data and a scientific basis for the protection, construction, and promotion of the sustainable utilization and development of urban forest resources.

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Estimating carbon storage in urban forests of New York City

Cited by 16 publications

References 59 publications

Residents’ Willingness to Pay for Forest Ecosystem Services Based on Forest Ownership Classification in South Korea

Residents’ Willingness to Pay for Forest Ecosystem Services Based on Forest Ownership Classification in South Korea

Understanding Opportunities for Urban Forest Expansion to Inform Goals: Working Toward a Virtuous Cycle in New York City

Evaluation of Ecological Service Function of Liquidambar formosana Plantations

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