Rejected petition 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.

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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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Date submitted 8 May 2019
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