Steve Woodward

Famous tree-lined French Canal du Midi in danger of losing all its trees

August 15, 2013Environment

The 42,000 plane trees lining France’s historic Canal du Midi are being felled because of a fungus brought to Europe by US soldiers in World War II. Will the planes that decorate the streets of cities such as Paris and London share the same fate?

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