world mirror Status: 02/05/2023 06:36 a.m The Honduran island of Roatán is a Caribbean palm paradise - and the scene of an experiment. A city is emerging here in which entrepreneurs, not politicians, write the rules. By Marie-Kristin Boese, ARD Studio Mexico When Erick Pitsikalis leads visitors to his shell, he gets enthusiastic. The view over the turquoise sea on the small island off the coast of Honduras is breathtaking. He says his company was able to build the 14-storey...
Lumberjacks are currently active again on behalf of the city of Munich on the Isar. The chainsaw is currently being used between the Maximilian Bridge and the Großhesseloher Bridge. Deadwood is deliberately felled.According to the city, the reason for the felling is the ash dieback. This fungal disease has long been a problem for ash trees, especially in small sections of forest, such as those found on the Isar. The fungus first attacks the crown of the trees, until the...
The dissent was loud and clear, resonating powerfully through Haar. Many protested on social media that the town hall wanted to have 32 trees felled in order to set up 16 container classrooms in front of the school during the renovation of the Ernst Mach Gymnasium and to create parking spaces for teachers' and students' cars afterwards. Now the municipality has corrected the plans and only considers the felling of up to eleven trees to be necessary. This reduction was...
It was a minor sensation when, in 2015, parts of the monastery forest near Maria Eich were officially placed under protection by the Free State of Bavaria and the nature conservation authorities. The reason for a biodiversity project that started back then, in which the municipality of Planegg, the archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the Maria Eich monastery, the Munich district office and the Bavarian state forests are involved, was more than 50 oak and hornbeam trees, some of which...
Are you freezing in January on sidewalks that are too gray? Console yourself by thinking of the good summer fruits that you will be able to eat. The amount of cold stored during the winter by fruit trees is indeed essential to their proper development. “The current cold is beneficial for our fruit trees, explains Jean-Jacques Kelner, ecophysiologist and lecturer at SupAgro Montpellier. This should give a more effective regrowth in the spring. Good news after a historically hot month...
For decades there was a stately maple tree at Adalbertstraße 55 in Maxvorstadt. It was felled in early October. "I'm still stunned by this," says Sabine Meier. She lives in one of the apartments in the yellow house. Her real name is different, but the tenant fears the consequences. The maple was almost 100 years old, she reports, and its felling changed the streetscape. "The horror on the whole of Adalbertstraße is great."The maple is one of more than 8,500...
The judgment had been awaited by private forest owners since the trial held last October. It's done: the criminal court of Thionville (Moselle) sentenced on Monday to two years in prison, including one year suspended, a former leader of a forestry group accused of having cut and resold wood from private plots. not owned, for a loss of half a million euros. The defendant also has the obligation to work, to pay damages to the civil parties as well as...
Watch the video: "Corwn shyness" - Why trees don't "want" to touch each other.These recordings show a fascinating phenomenon:Many tree species in the forest keep their distance from their neighbors.The fine distances in the foliage can be seen particularly well from a bird's eye view in drone shots.The phenomenon is referred to as "crown shyness".Researchers offer various explanations for this type of "social distancing" phenomenon in the canopy.One possible explanation is that it is a defense against leaf-eating insect larvae.A...
The municipality of Ismaning has to have more trees felled in the Isar meadows and in the local area. source site
liveAll current developmentsPolice: Two activists holed up in a tunnel – accusation of police violence after an escalated large demoShow captionShow captionViolent clashes between thousands of demonstrators and the police after a demo against the demolition of the brown coal village of Lützerat.© Source: IMAGO/Jochen TackThe protests near Lützerath escalated on Saturday. Police and climate activists speak of several injuries. In the afternoon, the police confirmed the use of water cannons, batons and pepper spray. All developments here in the...
