France to lose 42,000 planes to fungus...

[Bundle 2]

Canal du Midi trees to be felled due to plague - Telegraph

[David Humphries]

Hi Tim,

 

saw that earlier & thought that it was more than a tad harsh & heavy handed.

 

But I guess local budgets & knowledge of the potential for spread must weigh heavy upon some poor souls decision.

 

 

Will be interesting to hear how the french public view it.

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

Tim,

The French authorities have been warned for this massive outbreak of Ceratocystis platani years ago, but didn't bother to monitor and take effective measures to control this nice gift of American GI's then.

So now they are confronted with the consequences of planting hundreds of thousands of trees of the same species within short distance of one another (root contact), trees which on top of this have also been maltreated by cutting of their roots and pollarding them over and over again.

Edited July 29, 2011 by Fungus

[Billy68]

thats some pile of firewood

[Dilz]

who do i see to get the contract??? in all seriousness thats going to have quite an impact.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This is to come to london, mark my words.

[VTS]

I live here and the chances of getting work from it are zero.

 

There are too many secret hand shakes and greasy palms.

 

It will be the commune men(Local authority) that do the job. Around my commune thats the same 6 men that also repair the roads,paint the mayors office and put xmas lights up.

 

But i'm not bitter......MUCH!!!

[Bundle 2]

I think the corrupt developed countries, those within the euro zone, are gonna see many a riot over austerity measures. Corruption is at the root of not only the deficits but discontent at large.....

Not good news though is it?

Edited August 1, 2011 by Bundle 2

[Le Sanglier]

They have been doing this work for some time, the machines they are using are great big 360s that reach up to the top branches grab them and snap them off; hence no climbing.

This is not the sort of job that the likes of me will even get a sniff of. Not because of greasy palms but because you need serious equipment.

[Bundle 2]

And what of the Heritage status of this once marvelous canal...is it affected by the removal of the tree cover ? Do we wait and see.

Interesting techniques they are employing....I wonder what the HSE's view would be. It clearly needs to be as cost effective as it can ....I hope they succeed in reinstating it to former glory !