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DAVIS, Calif.- Muti haungori chimiro chekugadzira nzvimbo. Kudyara miti panzvimbo yako kunogona kuderedza mutengo wesimba uye kuwedzera kabhoni yekuchengetedza, kuderedza kabhoni yako tsoka. Chishandiso chitsva chepamhepo chakagadzirwa ne US Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station, California Dhipatimendi reMasango uye Moto Dziviriro (CAL MOTO)'s Urban uye Community Forestry Chirongwa, uye EcoLayers inogona kubatsira varidzi vezvivakwa zvekugara kufungidzira aya mabhenefiti anobatika.

 

Uchishandisa Google Mepu interface, ecoSmart Landscapes (www.ecosmartlandscapes.org) inobvumira varidzi vedzimba kuti vaone miti iripo panzvimbo yavo kana kuti vasarudze pokuisa miti mitsva yakarongwa; fungidzira uye gadzirisa kukura kwemuti zvichienderana nekukura kwemazuva ano kana zuva rekudyara; uye kuverenga ikozvino uye yeramangwana kabhoni uye simba zvinokanganisa zvemiti iripo uye yakarongwa. Mushure mekunyoresa uye kupinda, Google Mepu ichaswedera kunzvimbo yenzvimbo yako zvichienderana nekero yemugwagwa wako. Shandisa chishandiso chiri nyore kushandisa poindi uye tinya mabasa kuti uone pasuru yako uye kuvaka miganhu pamepu. Tevere, isa saizi uye mhando yemiti panzvimbo yako. Chishandiso chinozoverengera simba mhedzisiro uye kabhoni yekuchengetedza iyo iyo miti inopa iye zvino uye mune ramangwana. Ruzivo rwakadaro runogona kukubatsira kukutungamira pakusarudza nekuiswa kwemiti mitsva panzvimbo yako.

 

Maverengero eCarbon anobva panzira chete yakatenderwa neClimate Action Reserve's Urban Forest Project Protocol yekuyera kutorwa kwecarbon dioxide kubva kumapurojekiti ekudyara miti. Chirongwa ichi chinobvumira maguta, makambani anoshandiswa, matunhu emvura, asiri-purofiti uye mamwe masangano asiri ehurumende kuti abatanidze zvirongwa zvekudyara miti yeveruzhinji mumapurogiramu avo ecarbon offset kana masango emumaguta. Ikozvino beta kuburitswa kunosanganisira ese California mamiriro ekunze. Dhata kune yasara yeUS uye vhezheni yebhizinesi yakagadzirirwa varongi vemaguta uye mapurojekiti akakura anofanirwa kubuda muchikamu chekutanga cha2013.

 

"Kudyara muti kuti uve nemumvuri wemba yako ndeimwe yenzira dzinodhura dzekuchengetedza simba uye kubatsira zvakatipoteredza," anodaro Greg McPherson, muongorori wemasango wePacific Southwest Research Station uyo akabatsira kugadzira chishandiso. "Unogona kushandisa chishandiso ichi kuisa zvine hungwaru miti inoisa mari muhomwe yako sezvainokura."

 

Kuburitswa kweramangwana ecoSmart Landscapes, iyo parizvino inoshanda paGoogle Chrome, Firefox, uye Internet Explorer 9 mabhurawuza, ichasanganisira maturusi ekuongorora ekudzikisa kuyerera, kuchengetedza mvura, kupinza kunoenderana nekumisikidzwa kwenzvimbo, kuvharira kwemvura yemvura nekuda kwemiti, uye njodzi yemoto kuzvivakwa.

 

Inotungamirwa muAlbany, Calif., Pacific Southwest Research Station inovandudza uye inotaurira sainzi inodiwa kuchengetedza masango ecosystem uye zvimwe zvakanaka kunzanga. Iyo ine nzvimbo dzekutsvagisa muCalifornia, Hawaii uye US-yakabatana Pacific Islands. Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo, shanya www.fs.fed.us/psw/.