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New moves to save Japan's sacred trees from a fiery end
Ōsaka :: Japan | 29 days ago
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Spend a while walking the streets of any Japanese city and you are bound to notice it: Here and there among the concrete towers, shops and bustling streets, you'll find clusters of trees. In some places, five or 10 stately Japanese cedars provide a
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1,200-year-old tree toppled by winds
Wrexham :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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It is understood the Pontfadog Oak, which has been growing near Chirk in Wrexham since the year 802, fell over during the gusts overnight on Wednesday. It was also recently covered in snow, the Woodland Trust said...It had a huge hollow trunk said to
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School volunteer continues tree-sit after 100 hours
Taipei :: Taiwan | 1 month ago
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Taipei, April 1 (CNA) The chief executive of a volunteer group at a school in New Taipei has been sitting in an old banyan tree on the campus for 100 hours and has vowed to stay there until a promise is made not to harm the tree and several others.
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Sculpture uses ancient tree branches
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Ancient tree branches used for sculpture at Westonbirt Arboretum The tree is thought to be the country's oldest stool of small-leaved lime Hundreds of branches from a 2,000 year old tree that has been "cut back to stumps" are to be used in a 15m-tall
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Iconic trees gone
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Then, after the birth of our daughter, a childhood friend came to visit, and she saw it differently: "I like this place!" she said. "It's not near as empty as you described it." She took some more pictures and noted with satisfaction that we had lots
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Protesters Stop Felling of 200-Year-Old Tree in Sofia
Sofia :: Bulgaria | 3 months ago
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Photo by cross.bg Nearly 100 people gathered in Bulgarian capital Sofia 's Ovcha Kupel on Sunday in an effort to rescue a 200-year-old Platanus tree from felling. Municipal authorities planned to cut down the tree early on Sunday in order to make way
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Big trees vanishing: study
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 5 months ago
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It's not news to Northwesterners that most of the giant firs and cedars that once dominated the region's forests are long gone, felled by decades of logging. But a review of ecosystems around the world finds that big trees are vanishing almost
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900 trees pruned in North Jakarta
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 5 months ago
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North Jakarta The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta Tue, December 11 2012, 5:33 PM North Jakarta Park Agency has pruned around 900 old trees that are prone to falling in order to prevent accidents during the rainy season, according to the agency's head
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Loss of ancient, big trees becoming a global issue
Sydney :: Australia | 5 months ago
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It's not news to Northwesterners that most of the giant firs and cedars that once dominated the region's forests are long gone, felled by decades of logging. But a review of ecosystems around the world finds that big trees are vanishing almost
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The decline and fall of the forest's grand old masters
Stockholm :: Sweden | 5 months ago
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Ecologist David Lindenmayer worries about the worldwide demise of large trees and the impact on wildlife that depends on them for habitat...Advertisement Australian National University ecologist David Lindenmayer worked with colleagues from James
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