tween 0.9 and 4.8 percent in some
cities as less power is used to keep
houses and buildings cool during
heatwaves. Trees have also been
shown to boost real estate value
and even have some mental health
benefits - something the govern-
ment has promised to deal with.
been over-looked by many city gov-
ernments across the UK, and the
rest of the world, as an effective
way to substantially reduce air pol-
lution. But there are examples of
this policy succeeding; in 2016
Rajshahi City, Bangladesh, found
that their tree planting campaign
resulted in a 67.2 percent de-
With all these benefits rolled into a crease in concentration of PM10
cost-effective solution to air pollu- particles - serving as a benchmark
tion we feel that tree planting has
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