Venerable Trees of the Earth

International call to enter Venerable Trees of the Earth in the list of the World Heritage of UNESCO.

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Jérôme HUTIN
Route de Villac - 24120 - Terrasson - France
Tel: (33) 0872 17 09 67 - (33) (0) 6 19 77 28 08
arbresvenerables@wanadoo.fr
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International call to enter Venerable Trees of the Earth in the list of the World Heritage of UNESCO.

Infos please contact :
Jérôme HUTIN
Route de Villac - 24120 - Terrasson - France
Tel: (33) 0872 17 09 67 - (33) (0) 6 19 77 28 08
arbresvenerables@wanadoo.fr
http://arbresvenerables.free.fr

International call to enter Venerable Trees of the Earth in the list of the World Heritage of UNESCO.

The Venerable Trees are part of the Biodiversity and the Sustainable Development. They are the %u201CSpirits of the Earth%u201D. The ancient trees represent an historical, natural, and cultural heritage. Seen the fragility of the Environment and the non-respect given to the old trees, it is important that they are protected and classified as World Heritage in UNESCO.
It is really urgent !
In 2005, an old french Yew tree (Taxus bacatta), which had nearly 400 years old had been logged without respect (A89 Highway construction).
To protect them, an International Call is launched to enter these old trees in the list of the World Heritage.
The main goal is to make aware people about environment, about trees, but first of all to protect these old and sacred trees.

Call to enter Venerable Trees of the Earth, elements of the World Heritage :

The trees live older than the men do, there are thousand year old which survived the storms, the axe, the fire or the indifference. Some had seen many generations of human beings.
They are the only witnesses of our past, survivors of the 90 % destroyed original forests in the world.
The very old trees deserve the respect, which we must give to the wise old men who crossed time. Nevertheless, in the world, sometimes, we forget them in an end of forest, an extent of desert, a slope of mountain. Worse still, they are cut down, instead of their paying.
Give them homage. A start is necessary everywhere to find a solidarity of planet with regard to these trees of life which, them, can also trace us the ways of a greater human fraternity.
This call to the world respect is sent to the United Nations to enter large monumental trees in the list of %u201CWorld Heritage%u201D. It relates to also the States, the regions, the communities, and each one of us.
So that everywhere in the world, we recognize the trees aged of several centuries, that we would see them and flower them as a sign of friendship, that we plant and that we protect their descent, relay of planet.
Few personalities already aware to trees are invited to join this call in favour of the venerable trees of the world.
When all international signatures of this call will be gathered, an International Committee will be created to enter the Venerable Trees as World Heritage.

Some thousand years old trees of the Earth

Europe:
1/ Olive tree of Roquebrune Cap Martin, France. More than 2000 years old.
2/ Chestnut of Hundred Horses (Castanea sativa), Sicily. More than 50 m. of circumference.
3/ Apple tree of Stubbendorf %u2013 Mecklenburg %u2013 Germany %u2013 more than 400 years old.

North America:
4/ Meares Island, Clayoquot Sound, British Colombia, Canada. Wonderful rainforest.
5/ , British Colombia, Canada. The biggest Thuja of the world.
6/ (Quercus virginiana), Mainsville,Louisiana, USA.
7/ Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) General Grant, California. More than 2700 years old.
8/ Sequoia sempervirens Del Norte Titan, California. 97 meters high.
9/ The Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) of Bishop, aged of 5000 years old, California.

Central America:
10/ The Cypress of Tule (Taxodium mucronatum), 58 meters of circ., Oaxaca, Mexico.

South America:
11/ Araucaria araucana of Conguillo National Park, near Villarica %u2013 Chile.

Africa:
12/ Baobab of Diass (Adansonia digitata), Senegal.
13/ Baobab alley (Adansonia grandidieri) of Morondava, Madagascar.
14/ Baobab of Sagole (Adansonia digitata), 38 m of circumference, South Africa.

Asia:
15/ Metasequoia glyptostroboides of Shui Sa Pa, Hubei, China. The oldest of China and Earth.
16/ Ginkgo biloba of Dinglin Temple, Shandong Province, China. 3500 years old.
17/ Cryptomeria japonica %u201CJomonsugi%u201D of Yakshima, Japan.
18/ Camphor tree of Kamouhachiman Jinjiya, Japan. The biggest of Japan.
19/ Banyan of Kingeri (Ficus benghalensis), South India. Near 100 m. long.
20/ Banyan of Calcutta (Ficus benghalensis), India. 100 m long.

Australia :
21/ The Huon Pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii) Aged of ten thousand years old, Tasmania, Australia.
22/ The Rainforest (Eucalyptus regnans) of Styx Valley, Tasmania

New Zealand:
23/ The Kauri %u201CTane Mahuta%u201D (Agathis australis), New Zealand.

Russia:
24/ Boreal Forest (Carelia)

United Kingdom
25: Yew tree of Crowhurst, Scotland. More than 3000 years old.

And more trees, this list is still open... old trees are rarely protected.