Let’s keep our trees naked.
That’s the appeal of Leonardo Ligeralde, president of Manila Seedling Bank Foundation, to political candidates. According to him, fastening streamers and posters using nails punctures the trees and exposes them to various kinds of diseases which could lead to death, reports Chito Chavez in Manila Bulletin. He issued a similar appeal to plumbers, carpenters and locksmiths who have been tacking their advertisements on trees.
Dear Mr Ligeralde, if trees had arms, they’d be hugging you back right now.
Photo: James Ong
