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Clayden, Andrew, and Katie Dixon. "Woodland Burial: Memorial Arboretum Versus Natural Native Woodland?." Mortality 12.3 (2007): 240-260. Consumer Health Complete - EBSCOhost. Web. 14 June 2016.

This article is a study of the dispositions of individuals who have arranged for a natural burial. It goes into a lot of the practical questions that need to be answered for a natural burial system. The individuals in the study answer a broad range of questions such as ‘how does your religious beliefs affect your decision for natural burial?’, ‘What type of tree would you prefer for your burial?’ and ‘would you consider signing up for a group burial site?’.

The data in this study can be used to imagine what a widespread sustainable natural burial system would look like. Ideally in this system graveyards would be replaced by forests. However there is a lot of things to consider, such as ‘how much space should each person get?’, ‘how much should we allow customization?’, ‘how much would it cost?’. This article covers all these topics and more.