A 30-year tree was drilled into and poisoned, for the sake of a view, to the lake at Perth.
Several such vandalism acts have been reported at the City of Stirling and City of Bayswater, which despite their best efforts have struggled with people vandalising trees on public land, usually in attempts to improve views or prevent leaf drop and birdsong.
Trees create an ecosystem to provide habitat and food for birds and other animals. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and potentially harmful gasses, such as sulfur-dioxide, carbon monoxide, from the air and release oxygen. One large tree can supply a day's supply of oxygen for four people.We believe that sometimes a tree removal is needed, for the following reasons:
It has become diseased or infested with termites or similar wood-eating insects. It has lost a major limb, in a storm. It has been planted in the incorrect position in relation to a house. It is posing some form of threat to life or property or endangering safety. It stands in the way of development, which has a much bigger picture in mind (in such cases, we recommend tree transplantation and not tree removals).
But this can be done on your own property and not on public lands and ruin the city's efforts, which has given Perth one of the tallest canopy. Tree canopy height is the best way in estimating biomass and carbon pools.
15000 scientist have just recently signed a petition globally for under a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat. They have clearly made people aware, the signs of climate change over the last 40 years. Reports have shown greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, with increasingly damaging effects. With few exceptions, we are largely failing to address this predicament. The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than many scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity.
While so much is at stake, killing a Gum tree which gave us a better quality of life is just an act of ordinary thinking. A picture here of the healthy tree is all that is left worth seeing.
