TWO-THIRDS of Europe’s trees are sickly, according to the latest European
Commission report.
“This is serious,” says François Kremer of the European Commission
forestry division. Only 36 per cent of all broadleaf and conifer trees in Europe
are healthy, says the report, released this month by the European Commission and
the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. These trees are shedding no
more than the average amount of leaves and needles each year. However, one in
five show signs of damage, having lost at least a quarter of their leaf canopy.
The rest are visibly dropping more leaves than…
