New research has found that Swahili societies in Zanzibar landscaped baobab trees into their settlements over 1,000 years ago, and continue caring for them today.
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Researchers have identified a series of risks linked to the ornamental plant trade.
As a tree scientist who works with urban trees, I can assure you some large, old trees are well worth leaving alone, even you find them annoying sometimes.
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, Conservation Science, University of Cambridge
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Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme on the Wildlife Trade, University of Oxford
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Archaeologist, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University