Vandalism-Schock: 108-year-old linden tree in Johannisthal badly damaged!
Vandalism-Schock: 108-year-old linden tree in Johannisthal badly damaged!
Regattastraße 158, 12527 Berlin, Deutschland - in Johannisthal, Berlin, a 108-year-old linden tree was deliberately damaged. Unknown perpetrators drilled the tree and tipped into a chemical substance, as reported by a report by t-online . The incident, which was found on March 19, raises questions about the security and the protection of urban green spaces. The district of Treptow-Köpenick expressed concern about these repeated vandalism acts and switched on the police. During the control, a hole in the tree with a diameter of about two centimeters and a depth of 35 centimeters was discovered. The tree has an impressive height of 25 meters.
The police have taken samples from the white, chemical substrate in order to examine the cause of the damage more precisely. The total damage is estimated at several thousand euros, while the responsible authorities are trying to clarify and prevention together. This is already the fourth known case of tree damage in the district, which underlines the worrying development.
repeated incidents of vandalism
As early as June 2024, another linden tree that was 88 years old and opposed to regattaststraße 158 was willfully drilled. These damage was similarly serious, with a borehole of two centimeters in diameter and a depth of 75 centimeters into the rootstock. This was also reported. The consequences for the trees are often catastrophic-in 2021 and 2013, several trees, including an approximately 200 year old oak and a 100-year-old linden tree, had to be felled due to similar damage.
The district has announced further measures in its press release to monitor and protect the condition of the trees. Citizens are asked to report suspicious observations, be it with the police or the street and green space office. The contact information is: sga-zentral@ba-tk.berlin.de or by phone at
environmental crime and their influence
The incident in Johannisthal falls into a larger context of environmental crime, which increasingly increasingly focuses on the law enforcement authorities. Projects such as cooperation between the WWF and Interpol aim to pursue cross -border environmental crimes more efficiently and to strengthen cooperation between the states. This initiative is financed by the BMUV as part of the international climate protection initiative (IKI) and is intended to contain the negative effects on the climate, biodiversity and environment, as is explained on DetailsOrtRegattastraße 158, 12527 Berlin, DeutschlandQuellen
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