To members of the Forest List, For more educated sources of information apart from AP reports, please refer to: 1) Europe's Environment: The Dobris Assessment. Edited by David Stanners & Philippe Bourdeau. European Environment Agency. 1995. 2) Forest Health: Its Assessment & Status. Dr. John L. Innes (WSL). CAB International. 1993. > > unanswered. I have not seen the AP report. If the message from Bret is > > true, then AP Press got it wrong. The report published by the EU and UN, > > parts of which I wrote on behalf of Switzerland, and all of which I > > reviewed, did NOT say that "almost one if five trees show clear signs of > > damage from pollution". > > The AP article specifically attributed foliage loss (at a rate of 18%) to > sulfur emmissions, and stazted that the hardest hit species were silver > fir, common beech, and two types of oaks. The article did mention drought > and insects as factors, but clearly stated that the study attributed > "most" of the defoliation to pollution. > > The report says that 25.3% of the 117 035 trees > > assessed in the sample are classed as having more than 25% defoliation. And to Dr. John Innes: Great job, keep up the good work! Nelson Wong MTC
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