Alarm for three centuries-old pine trees in Piano di Sorrento: "Don't cut them down"

How can we prevent the felling of three majestic centuries-old pine trees inside the "Parco Corsicato" condominium in Piano di Sorrento ? This is what the head of WWF Terre del Tirreno is fighting for.

On one side there is the condominium and authority administrative competent authorities who, on the basis of an agronomic report and the tacit consent of the Superintendency, authorised the felling of the trees. On the other hand, the WWF which he believes trees in health and then not from eradicate. Among other things, in their place they want to install three non-native plants di Foreign, although the regulation of the common di Piano di Sorrento for protection of the . arboreo imposes the installation of autochthonous essences.

Claudio D'Esposito , president of the WWF , refuses to accept collective decisions. In a memo sent to all authorities, accompanied by a counter-assessment, he explains why the trees should not be felled. "After the treatments against the scale insect, the pine trees have shown a clear and vigorous recovery and, as can be easily observed today, are growing in excellent health. This effectively belies the specious reasons given in the report, which erroneously states 'the impossibility of eradicating the infection that will lead to the death of the trees . '"

This would justify the felling , but the pine trees photographed by the WWF on 14 July 2022 , which in the report are described as "with reduced development of the shoots, in advanced decay and irreparably compromised" would not have any element (dead or broken branches, excessively inclined trunk, visible decay or cavities, fungal infections, etc...) that "could give rise to fears of collapse or danger to public and private safety".

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