Tree Preservation in Quarry
From:
Julia Gasper
Date:
Apr 09 21:46 UTC
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No, Nigel, you evidently haven't read my messages as I said above that I am NOT
opposed to cutting down certain trees for certain reasons - overgrown Leyland
cypresses for instance or diseased trees. You are quite wrong about me. When a
plum tree in my own garden got diseased, of course I had it vcut down - but I
immediately bought three more to replace it.
We are supposed to be committed to carbon reduction, as a national policy, and
the best policy is to ensure the survival of our broad-leaved native trees. But
there is little sign of that in practice. It is just greenwash.
There is genuine cause for concern when dozens of good hard-working
oxygen-generating trees are being felled and hacked down all around us in what
is supposed to be a conservation area, and the Tree Officer does nothing about
it. Even if people are what Wordsworth called "dull of soul" and unable to
appreciate the natural beauty of the trees, they should at least listen to the
advice of Richard Attenborough : "Without them, we will surely perish."