The Canary covers the Haringey Tree Protectors campaign

"There’s a war against trees going on. They’re facing multiple threats- being abused by residents, councils, developers and house insurance companies, and new trees are even liable to vandalism. Car is king in the UK, so lots of people moan about trees dropping leaf litter on their vehicles.

There’s also the narrative that trees are dangerous, even though more than 1700 people get killed in car accidents every year, while you only have a 1 in 10 million chance of being killed by a tree- that’s about six people a year. You’ve got more chance of being killed by a wheelie bin. It’s crazy! Trees get a really bad wrap, and are blamed for so many things, even when drivers crash into them." - Gio Iozzi

Read a great article in The Canary on the fantastic Haringey Tree Protectors.