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I cannot tell you how much I welcome this article, which I will share widely. In Jamaica we have many magnificent old trees, in urban areas also. Sadly, though, we don't seem to have any arborists, who really understand trees and their lifecycle. As a result, if a branch is in the way of an electricity wire, half the tree has to be drastically pruned. We have had a tragedy recently with a huge old tree - in our Botanical Gardens! - that was so terribly mutilated that it died. It is very distressing.

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Emma Lewis's avatar

I cannot tell you how much I welcome this article, which I will share widely. In Jamaica we have many magnificent old trees, in urban areas also. Sadly, though, we don't seem to have any arborists, who really understand trees and their lifecycle. As a result, if a branch is in the way of an electricity wire, half the tree has to be drastically pruned. We have had a tragedy recently with a huge old tree - in our Botanical Gardens! - that was so terribly mutilated that it died. It is very distressing.

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