century-old trees threatened at the foot of the Eiffel Tower

It is a grove of centuries-old trees located at the foot of the most famous monument in Paris, the Eiffel Tower. A major green space redevelopment project approved a few weeks ago by the city of Paris provides for the construction of new monuments, such as luggage storage, a few meters from the Eiffel Tower. The building is planned less than 5 meters from a plane tree more than a hundred years old. “A century-old tree, if you attack its roots, it’s literally its Achilles’ heel. It’s almost certain that he won’t survive it.“, says Tanguy Le Dantec, scientific advisor for France Nature Environnement in Paris.

The installation of glass fences a few meters from the Eiffel Tower had already damaged the roots of certain trees, some of which were cut down. This time, it is future offices that directly threaten about twenty trees. Launched a few days ago to save the trees, a petition has already received more than 70,000 signatures.