I believe that the point that should be being pushed here is not so much the
level of survey but what one does with the results.
People have always been sacrificed for the common good - it goes on today -
over 3000 people a year give their lives so that we can buy cars that go
over 100 miles an hour, more thousands of people die so that we can smoke if
we want to, drink alcohol if we want to. The point is, if the deaths of 3000
people a year are so acceptable that we do not feel the need to put 30 mph
governors on all cars - how many tree deaths a year are acceptable to avoid
destroying our urban and countryside road tree cover? Surely a properly
reasoned and coherent standard would start from the position 'x' number of
people are killed or injured by falling trees each year - This is
acceptable/unacceptable - therefore we need to do 'y'. If the number of
deaths per year is as low as 6 - maybe the standard should be guiding us to
be less cautious. When you look at the cost in human life of the freedom to
smoke, drink and speed, how many deaths per year is our tree cover worth?
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hearne [mailto:john.hearne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk]
Sent: 10 June 2008 09:46
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: BS8516 - postponement
< Today I heard the best one yet a man is complaining about a woodland
(SSSI)next to a very minor road on the side of a very steep hill. 1 or 2
trees fall every year or so in high winds and heavy rain combinations
(soil not so good or deep). He wants them all felled so that he can
drive safely down the tree lined road once a day with his family.
Rational?>
Even a small tree or branch can dismount a motorcyclist with the
potential for serious injury. So how would this woodland be managed if
draft 8516 were the accepted standard?
John Hearne
Tree Officer
New Forest National Park Authority
South Efford House
Milford Road
Lymington
SO41 0JD
Direct Line: 01590 646677
Fax: 01590 646601
Web: www.newforestnpa.gov.uk
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