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Endangered trees and local plan on agenda for Bristol Tree Forum
A group of volunteers will be putting Bristol’s proposed Local Plan under the spotlight as they continue to fight for the city’s green spaces.
Bristol Tree Forum (BTF) is set to host its annual meeting on November 7 from 6pm at City Hall.
The group of volunteers is dedicated to protecting and increasing the tree canopy.
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Among the aims of the event, the forum seeks to alert people about the draft Local Plan consultation, which begins in November.
Organisers added: “Let’s hope that all the declarations about the climate and ecological emergencies, and the need to protect our green spaces figure prominently in the published plans.
“This is where the plans for the next ten years will really count to show that climate commitments are not just ‘blah, blah, blah’ as Greta Thunberg said.”
During the upcoming event, they’ll be launching their new Tree Champions tool, one that hopes to help those concerned about the welfare of local trees, making it easy to contact the organisation and ask for support.
Paul Wood, book author and editor of the Great Trees of London map will be one of the speakers.
The organisers are planning to show him some of Bristol’s special trees, including those in the former Bristol Zoo Gardens Clifton site that “are threatened with destruction”.
Wood said: “The trees (at the zoo) are some of the finest to be found in Bristol and are an exceptional collection that is nationally and indeed internationally, important. The collection as a whole is of immense value to the city for cultural, historic, and environmental reasons.”
“There are dozens of individual trees in the Gardens that are noteworthy for their rarity, or as fine examples of their species” – Paul Wood – photo: OurWorld Bristol
Andy Bryce, trees and woodlands manager at Bristol City Council will also take part in the panel discussion.
The event will be free entry. To find out more, you can visit: https://twitter.com/BristolTreeFora
This piece of independent journalism is supported by NatWest and the Bristol24/7 public and business membership
Main photo: Bristol Tree Forum
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