Feasibility Study of Urban Forest's Economic Value for USEPA Air Pollution and Carbon Sequestering Emission Reduction Credits and/or Mitigating Trading (94-G-133)

This study assesses the feasibility of establishing and selling ERCs for air pollution and carbon dioxide mitigation by municipally managed urban trees.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policies provide that air pollution and carbon sequestering can be sold to manufacturers or utilities mandated to reduce their emissions. Urban forestry emission reduction credits (ERCs) could be established for carbon sequestering and certain air pollutants mitigated by trees. The National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) were established in 1989. New trees planted since 1989 and increases in canopy cover and general tree health since then could provide one basis for urban forestry ERCs that could be sold by municipalities.

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