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Planning dilemmas - Global Times

In Cairo’s busy streets, towering palms, purple-blossomed jacarandas and mature sycamore trees provide precious respite from the midday sun and a glimpse of green in the tangle of concrete and cars. ....

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Egypt's street trees fall foul of urban development drive

Protests by Cairo residents and environmentalists over tree-felling come as Egypt’s government prepares to host the COP27 climate summit in November ....

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FEATURE-Egypt's street trees fall foul of urban development drive

But as Egypt's government powers ahead with ambitious urban development plans https://news.trust.org/item/20220120054544-mldfm, including road and rail links for a new administrative capital, thousands of Cairo's trees have been cut down, angering residents and green activists. "Cairo is already suffocating," said Rim Hamdy, a botany professor at Cairo University in the nearby city of Giza who has been petitioning authorities to save a centuries-old sycamore tree near the university. ....

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They speak for the trees: Cairo residents fight for green space

Grand development projects in Cairo, including the construction of huge new highways, are coming at the expense of the desert city’s trees. Now, residents are pushing back against the government to protect their arboreal neighbors. ....

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As Cairo transforms, Egyptians fight to save their trees

CAIRO (AP) A few months ago, Choucri Asmar decided he wasn't ready to give up hope. So he led a group of residents in “a peaceful demonstration to protect the trees” of his Cairo neighborhood. Egyptian authorities were planning to clear out a large avenue of ficus, acacia and palm trees part of sweeping urban redevelopment projects that are transforming much of historic Cairo. ....

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