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A Sheffield tree warden has called Sheffield City Council\u2019s decision to hire three forestry project development officers a \u201cgreat victory\u201d.<\/p>\n

John Miller, 48, who has been volunteering as a tree warden since December 2020, said: \u201cUltimately, it was very little to do with the elected body.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think the labour party would have continued to cut the trees down if they could. It came down to the fact that it had stopped becoming cost effective to cut the trees down.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was about \u00a3500 to cut a tree down but that went up to \u00a350,000 due to the security and things like that. I place very little faith in our current party political system to do any good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This follows the news that <\/span>Sheffield City Council<\/span><\/a> has created a new approach to sustaining street trees rather than felling them.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is in line with the prearranged plan back in 2012 when the \u2018Streets Ahead\u2019 Private Finance Initiative was passed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Protest groups, such as Sheffield Tree Action Groups (STAG), have led protests since 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

During this time, several activists have been arrested during the peaceful protests, though seven activists won \u00a324,300 through a wrongful arrest claim.<\/span><\/p>\n

Multiple political parties in Sheffield have included key policies to tackle the climate crisis in their manifestos, such as Labour creating a new \u2018Green Deal\u2019 for Sheffield.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A tree being taken down in 2018<\/p><\/div>\n

However, Mr Miller, a senior lecturer in the school of English at the University of Sheffield, said: \u201cThis is the era of token gestures and in particular to tree planting. Not just the labour party but all parties.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of questions about this like will they be the correct trees in the right place, will they be cared for and will the care be paid for? How far will the parties go with this?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just about throwing a few saplings in the ground, there needs to be a lot more thinking about how this would work.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More information about\u00a0<\/span>STAG<\/span><\/a>‘s work\u00a0can be found on their website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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