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Bangkok develops new policy to protect significant urban trees
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) established regulations to protect “heritage trees” across the capital, with cutting, pruning or transplanting of registered trees requiring permission.
Key facts
- BMA officials and relevant departments held a meeting yesterday, August 31, to establish a definition of “heritage trees”
- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) established regulations to protect “heritage trees”
- Trees should have an estimated age of at least 50 years or be an original tree
- Phase 1 will establish a “Tree Inventory”
Summary
BMA officials and relevant departments held a meeting yesterday, August 31, to establish a definition of “heritage trees” and develop measures to care for them according to international arboriculture standards. The trees will also be recorded in a city database.
The meeting concluded that heritage trees must grow in public areas of Bangkok and be recognised based on their physical characteristics, role in urban ecology, or connections to history, culture and local communities.