Submitted on Wednesday 8th May 2019
Rejected on Thursday 13th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
To safeguard our climate, wildlife and wellbeing outlaw felling of mature trees.
Introduce a presumption against felling any mature tree.
Large trees grow faster and absorb CO2 faster than young trees.
They host insects, birds and small mammals; their canopies reduce wind speeds, trap dust, absorb pollutants and cool air.
Trees help people's mental and physical health.
References
Rate of carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size, N. L. Stephenson, A.J. Dash, M. L. Zavala, Nature 507, 90-93 (06 March 3014)
Why are trees so important? The Royal Parks website https://www.royalparks.org.uk
Neighbourhood Greenpeace and health in a large urban centre, O Kardan, P Gozdyra, B Misic, et al
Scientific Reports 5 article number : 11610 (2015)
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