The marketing of these carbon offset credits and the revenues produced could help our city better trim and maintain these trees.
Under AB 32, California's landmark climate regulations, a cap and trade system is established that allows the selling and buying of carbon offset credits. The use of an "urban forest" for these credits is a new one but one being explored in California as evidenced by a recent workshop conducted by the University of California at Davis which you can view at: http://ccuh.ucdavis.edu/events/carbon-offsets-the-urban-forest-1/carbon-offs
Also check out some of the news stories featuring our proposal in Long Beach:
