ISA HK/China --- HK Tree News (Public Tree Board, episode 2)

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Dear Station Members,

Underneath are two recent counts of public challenge on Tree Work by Govt authorities in HK. The public were raising concern on the justification of the events.

ISA HK/China would compare the pruning event of consulting a Horticultural Unit & then a Landscape Contractor for advice & action, with seeking medical judgment from a Veterinary Surgeon & then operating by a butcher, on a human. Where are the Arborists?

ISA HK/China has never become involved with any public complaint of above. We are not interested to. The public will exercise their rights. Western municipalities have set up Public Tree Board (PTB, http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2010/12/isa-hkchina-public-tree-board.html) to deal with such enquiries with success over the years. It calms social sentiments. Without it, public challenges just keep on coming.

Remember ISA HK/China had proposed the Arboricultural Office (http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2007/07/isa-hkchina-imaginary-arboricultural.html) way back in July 16, 2007? Would anyone care to compare it with the Tree Management Office of today?

Would HK set up the first PTB in Asia to lead the rest?

best regards,

Sammy Au
Station Manager
Registered Consulting Arborist no. RCA#497 (http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2010/12/isa-hkchina-first-rca-in-asia.html)
Independent Practicing Arborist no. IPA-010908 (http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2010/04/isa-hkchina-hk-tree-news-14410-report.html)
ISA Certified Arborist / Certified Tree Worker no. HK-0174AT (www.isa-arbor.com)

"Treatment without diagnosis is mal-practice. "


"If you train casual tree assessors, you'll get wanton tree assessment. Mother Nature makes the rules."

各位好!

以下是最近两宗有关香港政府部门护理树木的事件，事件引起公众关注，并质疑政府部门的处理手法及依据。

本分会认为就修剪树木来寻求园艺组及树木承办商的意见共执行，就好像找兽医替人断症，然后再找屠夫来进行手术一样。哪树艺师何在？

本分会从未涉及任何公众投诉。我们对此并不感兴趣，公众会行使他们的权利，西方市政府成立 "公众树木议会" (PTB, http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2010/12/isa-hkchina-public-tree-board.html), 多年以来成功处理有关投诉，这能平息社会的不安情绪，没有它，公众的投诉只会持续。

记得本分会曾在2007年7月16日建议成立  "树艺办公室" 吗？(http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2007/07/isa-hkchina-imaginary-arboricultural.html) 大家会把它跟现今的 "树木办" 比较吗？

香港可以成立亚洲首个 "公众树木议会"，敢亚洲之先吗？

祝各位新年进步，身体安康！

此致

国际树木学会 中国地区分会 会长
欧永森
顾问树艺师号 RCA#497 (http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2010/12/isa-hkchina-first-rca-in-asia.html)
执业树艺师号 IPA-010908 (http://isahkchina.blogspot.com/2010/04/isa-hkchina-hk-tree-news-14410-report.html)
注册树艺师 / 注册攀树师号 HK-0174AT (www.isa-arbor.com)

(翻译: 莊俊榮, 注册树艺师 /市政专家号 HK-0009AM (www.isa-arbor.com) ， 一切内容，以英语版本为准)


投訴：榕樹無故被砍 居民不滿

樹木有綠化環境之效，為社區帶來生氣，惟需愛惜與保護。房屋署近日派員到荃灣福來邨修剪三棵榕樹，不過，邨民陳先生指有關樹木外貌壯健，質疑沒有修剪必要，「啲樹生得好茂盛，無端端點解要斬咁一截？」

榕樹遭截枝，市民質疑房署修剪不當。

荃灣區議員羅少傑認為，市民近年對保育環境關注程度與日俱增，房署應交代砍伐樹木理據，「係咪想一次過剪多啲第時做少啲？房署收到投訴應該要畀人知道修剪嘅原因！」

房署發言人指出，屋邨辦事處一直經常巡查監察樹木生長情況，如有需要會修剪或滅蟲，並徵詢該署園藝組及樹木承辦商專業意見。由於有關樹木部分枝葉伸出行人通道及馬路，對行人引起不便及影響駕駛者的視線，經樹木承辦商檢查及評估後，才對生長過分茂密枝葉作適當修剪。

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康文署又砍百年榕樹

【本報訊】康文署昨移除一棵有近百年歷史的細葉榕，指樹根部受真菌感染無法復原，有潛在倒塌危險。古樹名木又少一棵，樹木專家批評當局經常「先斬後奏」，令公眾無法得悉砍樹是否有必要，要求當局提高護理樹木的透明度。

位於九龍城的近百年細葉榕，昨被康文署移除。

被砍古樹名木細葉榕編號LCSD KC/5，高約十八米，位於九龍城雅息士道休憩花園。

康文署指一直定期檢查該樹，去年八月中旬以前並無發現異樣，但八月下旬突然發現該樹不尋常落葉，即時進行護理，包括修剪枯枝和鬆開樹穴表層泥土，改善空氣及水分滲透，並諮詢專家意見。但該樹健康情況數月來無改善，去年十一月底檢查時證實枯萎。

樹木專家小組及發展局樹木管理辦事處審視後，指該樹無法復原，並有倒塌危險，故須移除。當局初步懷疑該樹或受真菌感染，會繼續了解樹木健康惡化的原因，亦會監察花園內其他樹木的狀況並進行護理。康文署強調，只在沒有其他可行方法時才會移除問題樹木。

專家斥先斬後奏

樹木專家兼港大地理系講座教授詹志勇表示，該棵細葉榕至少有八十至一百年歷史，批評康文署砍樹前未有公布樹木的健康情況，令公眾無從判斷砍樹的必要性，「幾乎棵棵大樹都有真菌㗎啦，次次都先斬後奏再話棵樹有病，根本無辦法印證棵樹係咪爛到救唔到。」

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