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'Don't chop me down.' 100-year-old gingko trees may get axe for Tokyo redevelopment project (apnews.com)

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A few hundred people have turned out to protect historic century-old ginkgo trees that are likely to be chopped down under a controversial redevelopment for a beloved Tokyo park district.

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[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

That wood comes from plantations. What does it have to do with felling old trees for the sake of development instead of working around them?

[-] Darukhnarn@feddit.de -2 points 1 year ago

The previous poster talks about trees in general. So did I. I even clarified that I’m against chopping down these particular trees. The wood you use in your day to day love most certainly doesn’t stem from plantations. A part of it yes, but that also varies a lot depending on where in the world you are.