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Urban forestry database
http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/bib/urban.html
This bibliographic database is produced by the University of Minnesota libraries and all publications indexed are available at the library. Subjects include: history of urban forestry; urban forest legislation; the benefits of urban forests, selection and planting of trees; maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry programs. The database is searchable by author, title, or keyword, and contains records from 1980 to the present.
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Urban Forestry Bibliography
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modb1/masterb1.html
Provided on the Web by the Michigan State University Extension in 1998, this database provides bibliograpic references to international literature on urban forestry. It is searchable by keyword (including author), or browsable by an alphabetic list of keywords, listed by initial letter.
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EUFORIC : European Urban Forestry and Information Centre
http://www.sl.kvl.dk/euforic/
Homepage of EUFORIC (European Urban Forestry Research & Information Centre), a European Forest Institute Regional Project Centre, led by a consortium of the the Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, the Swedish University of Agricultural Science and the University of Florence. The aims of EUFORIC are to coordinate and facilitate urban forestry research and development. The website presents news on urban forestry research, and details of events, conferences, publications, and research and education projects. Also included is information about the IUFRO Working group on urban forestry.
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Urban Forestry Database
http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/bib/urban.html
This bibliographic database is produced by the University of Minnesota libraries and all publications indexed are available at the library. Subjects include: history of urban forestry; urban forest legislation; the benefits of urban forests, selection and planting of trees; maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry programs. The database is searchable by author, title, or keyword, and contains records from 1980 to the present.
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Unasylva, No.173 : Urban and peri-urban forestry
http://www.fao.org/docrep/u9300e/u9300e00.htm
This is the full-text version of a special issue of Unasylva, published on the Web by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). There is an editorial and 8 articles on topics of urban forestry, street trees and agroforestry in countries around the world. Although the original journal is published in English, French and Spanish, these Web pages are in English only.
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Urban Forestry Bibliography
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modb1/masterb1.html
Bibliography of urban forestry which brings together literature from various disciplines from 1982 to the present. Hosted by the University of Minnesota Forestry Library. It indexes publications relating to the history of urban forestry; urban forest legislation; the benefits of urban forests; selection and planting of trees; maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry programs.
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Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning: Formas
http://www.formas.se/default____529.aspx
The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) is a governmental research funding agency, which 'encourages and supports scientifically significant research related to sustainable development'. It is especially active in the areas of environment, agriculture and fisheries, forestry, the natural environment, the built environment and in urban and regional planning. The website contains information on the organisation of Formas, its research programmes and press releases. Tables of contents for the magazines 'Swedish Research for Sustainability' (available in English) and 'Miljöforskning', which are published four times per year, are provided and copies of these magazines can be ordered through the site. The majority of the site is in Swedish, although a summary about Formas is provided in English.
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Urban agriculture notes
http://www.cityfarmer.org
The Urban Agricultural Notes site is provided by City Farmer, a Canadian non-profit society dedicated to providing information on all aspects of urban agriculture in both developed and developing countries. Articles, conference announcements, and links to other resources on topics ranging from community gardens and hydroponics to urban forestry and composting are provided. Material is categorised by topic or by region of the world and retrieval is aided by using a search facility. Resources listed on the site are regularly updated and exact dates last examined are provided with each link. A photo tour of the demonstration garden at City Farmer's Vancouver site is provided, along with site plans and educational material available from that garden. This website provides an array of resources both educational and political in scope bearing on urban agriculture.
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Journal of arboriculture online
http://joa.isa-arbor.com/
This is the journal of the International Society of Arboriculture. Published bi-monthly by the International Society of Arboriculture it includes peer reviewed papers on arboriculture and urban forestry. Back issues of articles are available freely online back to 1975.
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TreeLink : the community forestry resource
http://www.treelink.org/
Originally established with a grant from the US National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (part of the USDA Forest service), TreeLink is a US-based non-profit urban forestry resource created with the aim of providing information, research, and networking for those working in urban and community forestry. The website provides access to educational resources, a database of annotated links to tree resources on the Web, news stories, discussion forums and listservs, full-text access to the quarterly web-zine Woodnotes, and interactive tools for tree identification and selection.
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BioRegional
http://www.bioregional.com/
BioRegional Development Group is a charity established to promote economically viable and environmentally sustainable business activities. Its website provides details of a range of projects some of which are of interest to forest managers and landowners. These include urban forestry, recycling timber waste, charcoal production, hemp production and lavender growing. The site also presents facts and statistics on urban forestry and links to other forestry resources.
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Trees New York
http://www.treesny.com/
Trees New York is a US based charity that aims to plant, preserve, protect and care for New York's trees through education and action. The website provides information on urban forestry and the charity's activities and includes articles, news items, products, events listings, jobs, and images. A tree database is available as well as links to other relevant web resources. This resource is of particular relevance to a US audience.
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Treesource
http://www.treesource.co.uk/acatalog/
Treesource is a bookseller focusing on books about arboriculture, urban forestry, British woodlands and most aspects of trees and dendrology. The website of Treesource provides a catalogue of the many books available from Treesource, and also provides access to free information sheets, providing hints and tips on tree selection, planting, pruning, health, the law, and arboricultural training. The site also provides links to services offering technical assistance, and an email advice service.
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Public participation in forestry in Europe and North America : Report of the team of specialists on participation in forestry
http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/publications-other/report-participation.p
Published by the International Labour Organization and made available on the website of the Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, this 144-page report covers all aspects of public participation including experience in various countries, how to implement participation, the involvement of private forest owners, workers and trade unions, community forestry, urban forestry and the special case of countries in transition.
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Urban Agriculture Notes
http://www.cityfarmer.org
The Urban Agricultural Notes site is provided by City Farmer, a Canadian non-profit society dedicated to providing information on all aspects of urban agriculture in both developed and developing countries. Articles, conference announcements, and links to other resources on topics ranging from community gardens and hydroponics to urban forestry and composting are provided. Material is categorised by topic or by region of the world and retrieval is aided by using a search facility. Resources listed on the site are regularly updated and exact dates last examined are provided with each link. A photo tour of the demonstration garden at City Farmer's Vancouver site is provided, along with site plans and educational material available from that garden. This site provides an array of resources both educational and political in scope bearing on urban agriculture.
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Journal of arboriculture online
http://joa.isa-arbor.com/
This is the journal of the International Society of Arboriculture (6 issues per year) and includes peer reviewed papers on arboriculture and urban forestry. The full-text of papers, starting with the 2002 issues, will be available online in HTML or PDF. The contents and abstracts of all issues since 1996 are also available.
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TreeLink : the Community Forestry Resource
http://www.treelink.org/
Funded by the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (part of the USDA Forest service), TreeLink is a US-based urban forestry resource created with the aim to provide 'information, research, and networking' for those with an interest in urban and community forestry. The website provides access to educational resources, including the TreeGuide database and a list of recommended books, as well as a searchable and browsable database of annotated links to tree resources on the Web, news stories, discussion forums, full-text access to the quarterly web-zine 'Woodnotes', and interactive tools for tree identification and selection.
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Trees New York
http://www.treesny.org/
Trees New York is a US based charity that aims to plant, preserve, protect and care for New York's trees through education and action. This site provides information on urban forestry and the charity's activities and includes articles, news items, products, events listings, jobs, and images. Links to other relevant Web resources are provided. This resource is of particular relevance to a US audience.
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Forskningsrådet för Miljö Areella Näringar och Samhällsbyggande (Formas)
http://www.formas.se/
The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) is a governmental research funding agency, which "encourages and supports scientifically significant research related to sustainable development". It is especially active in the areas of environment, agriculture and fisheries, forestry, the natural environment, the built environment and in urban and regional planning. The website contains information on the organisation of Formas, its research programmes and press releases. Tables of contents for the magazines 'Sustainability' (available in English) and 'Miljöforskning', which are published four times per year, are provided and copies of these magazines can be ordered through the site. The majority of the site is in Swedish, although there is an English version.
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Feeding the city II : demesne agriculture in the London region, 1375-1400
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=3318
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Feeding the City II : Demesne Agriculture in the London Region, 1375-1400" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This database was collected as part of the research project 'Feeding the City (II) : London and its Hinterland c. 1300-1400'. The aims of this project were twofold. Firstly, to examine the demands for foodstuffs and fuel generated by London in the later fourteenth century and the impact these demands had on the production and distribution of agrarian products within the metropolitan region. Secondly, to compare these results with those previously generated for the early fourteenth century by the research project 'Feeding the City (I) : London's Impact on the Agrarian Economy of Southern England 1250-1350'.
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Trees and hurricanes
http://treesandhurricanes.ifas.ufl.edu/
The website of the University of Florida Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program provides extensive information in the form of of factsheets and Powerpoint presentations, on managing and replacing trees damaged by storms. It also gives advice on planning, establishing and managing wind-resistant urban forest and woodland. There is also a section on "lessons learned" from recent storms in the USA. Although this website is mainly concerned with the Southeastern US, much of the discussion and experiences of treating storm damaged woodland could be applied elsewhere.
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Land regeneration and urban greening
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/landregeneration
The Land Regeneration and Urban Greening website is a part of the Forest Commission in the UK. Their role has been to restore land to woodland and create Community woodlands and urban greenspace. The website contains Best Practice Guidance notes as well as links to decision support software and information on a data management system. A map is available that provides links and information on regeneration projects around the country.
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EARSeL eProceedings
http://www.eproceedings.org/
EARSeL eProceedings is the "Open Access Remote Sensing Journal published by the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories. The journal is devoted to refereed scientific publications in all fields of Earth observation and remote sensing". Full articles are freely available to download as PDF files.
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Tree Council
http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/
Established in 1974, the Tree Council aims to promote the benefits of trees and encourage tree planting and conservation. To achieve this it fosters cooperation between individuals, voluntary groups, private and public landowners, commercial companies and local authorities. The site provides information on planting trees, threats to trees, tree management including Britain's ancient trees, and the eleven rarest trees native to the UK. Also offered are details on the Council's projects and campaigns, articles from the current edition of 'Tree News' magazine including links to related websites, press releases, information on the National Grid Tree Warden Scheme, a small picture gallery, and a publications list.
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Urban ecosystems
http://www.springerlink.com/(yl40gg45i451lznt1kkqmc55)/app/home/journal.asp?refe
This journal publishes research on a variety of aspects relating to urban ecology, including biodiversity, conservation, urban wildlife and ecosystems and urban planning and management. You can browse the tables of content and abstracts from Volume 1 (1997); full-text is available to subscribers only.
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