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UK government report calls for taskforce to save England’s historic trees (www.theguardian.com)

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Ancient and culturally important trees in England could be given legal protections under plans set out in a UK government-commissioned report.

Sentencing guidelines would be changed so those who destroy important trees would face tougher criminal penalties. Additionally, a database of such trees would be drawn up and they could be given automatic protections, with the current system of tree preservation orders strengthened to accommodate this.

There was an outpouring of anger this week after it was revealed that a 500-year-old oak tree in Enfield, north London, had been sliced almost down to the stumps. It later emerged it had no specific legal protections, as most ancient and culturally important trees do not.

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