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"More than 400,000 trees have died within years of being planted by National
Highways to compensate for road projects in England.
The government-owned company provided data for only nine of its 38 big road
projects after a freedom of information request by
The Times, so the true
figure is likely to be much higher.
At Chowns Mill A45/A6 junction at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, the Tory
MPs Peter Bone and Tom Pursglove attended a ceremony under two years ago to
mark the planting of the final few of about 2,500 saplings.
Three quarters of the total planted later died. The rate was the worst of the
nine schemes National Highways provided data for. Of 945,000 trees planted by
the company since 2018, at least 405,000 have died.
Experts said the figures show that organisations are still focusing too much
solely on how many trees are being planted, rather than the aftercare which
ensures their survival. They also think that increasing extreme weather under
climate change, such as prolonged hot and dry spells, is playing a role in
driving up the deaths."
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
