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1. Why ? Why remove any tree without a really really good reason. And if you don’t have one you should be obliged to plant twice as many in their place because nothing replaces a mature tree.

2. These trees should only be removed if they pose a danger.

   When NSW has lost such a huge number of animals and trees in the bushfires, removing large trees anywhere in NSW seems anachronistic. We are at an ecological tipping point following the bushfires.

   It would be better if the tree could remain and an alternative solution for the property owner's building plans could be found.

   At the very least it would be best to keep the tree during bird nesting season which ends after February, because many bird species have sought refuge in the city while the burnt forests recover.. They have lost their normal nesting sites and food. 80% of the Shoalhaven, south of Sydney was burnt out including 90% of its national parks.
   The Shoalhaven has lost 72% of its terrestrial animals and the bird loss has not yet been calculated. The percentage loss in other parts of the state from the recent fires, and from the drought, is not available, but is huge.

   Our surviving wildlife is in extremis and we need to include this in consideration of any tree removal.

   And apart from the fauna loss, there are less trees to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so the speed of the onset of climate change is increased. If we don't want our planet to turn into a hard brown rock like our sister planet Venus, which was a blue and green planet before it overheated, then we must start being serious in all that we do to slow climate change.

   Any trees, especially mature ones, should be retained now unless they pose a danger.

   Thank you.

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