The town hall of Paris undertook on Tuesday May 31 to re-examine its forecasts for the felling of trees in future urban projects, after having given up, in the face of the excitement aroused, the felling of around twenty trees at the foot of of the Eiffel Tower.
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On the proposal of elected environmentalists, allies of the PS mayor Anne Hidalgo, the Parisian executive undertakes to proceed, this summer, to the "
re-examination of the forecasts for the felling of trees in urban projects under development
", according to the text adopted by the Council of Paris.
“
We are now aiming for a goal of zero felling in the context of urban projects, whether for public transport, housing or public facilities
”, assured Christophe Najdovski, deputy (PS and related) for green spaces. , which promises “
a shift in urban practices that have been in place for decades
”.
Christophe Najdovski is thus committed to reviewing the Porte de Montreuil project (20th arrondissement) “
to reduce the impact on the existing tree heritage and even increase its space
” with 200 additional trees.
“
Zero felling for 223 trees planted
”
At the end of April, the associations France Nature Environnement (FNE) Paris and the National Tree Monitoring Group (GNSA) denounced the felling by the City of 77 trees near the ring road, in this district of eastern Paris.
As for the OnE project of revegetation and pedestrianization of the surroundings of the Eiffel Tower, which was to entail the felling of around twenty trees at the foot of the Iron Lady, which the town hall gave up at the beginning of May in the face of the media breakthrough of the opponents , the balance sheet is now “
zero felling for 223 trees planted
”, underlines the biodiversity assistant.
The left-wing majority rejected three other wishes from the right-wing and center opposition.
Catherine Ibled (LREM) underlined a "
paradox between the speeches and the actions
" of Anne Hidalgo, whose absence David Alphand (LR) denounced in the session "
on a subject that is eminently important for Paris, especially when we pride ourselves on 'to be an eco-environmentalist mayor
'.
“
We have never planted as many trees as since the start of this mandate
”, replied Christophe Najdvoski, according to whom the capital has since 2020 around 38,000 more trees, including “
more than 18,000 on the embankments of the ring road, more 12,000 in the woods
of Boulogne and Vincennes and 4,700 in intramural Paris.
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The Tree Plan wanted by Anne Hidalgo provides for the planting of 170,000 additional trees by the end of her mandate in 2026. She had also promised “
urban forests
” in emblematic places in the capital.
