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Trees destroyed as New Zealand climate change policy fails: Academic
2014-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Unwanted tree seedlings are being killed with herbicide as New Zealand's attempts to mitigate the problem of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change falter, a leading academic said Friday. University of Canterbury forestry expert Professor Euan Mason said a large number of seedlings were grown by the university's School of Forestry in response to the country's emissions trading scheme (ETS), but many were destroyed after being left unsold during the 2013 planting season. "These 2-year-old...
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