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Lawrence Kam-chiu Chau (Senior Manager, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden) shows the Buddhist Pines found wild in Hong Kong. He blames the decimation of these slow-growing trees to unlawful cutting. Ken Kwok-yin So (Arboriculturist, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden) shows how he checks the physical condition of trees to determine the extent of pruning or complete removable. Billy Chi-hang Hau (Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong) laments that village feng shui forests are cut to make way for development. Shows how hill fires kill indigenous trees allowing foreign species like paper-bark trees to takeover.
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