Protesters hit streets over Madrid tree-culling plans

Madrid (AFP) Feb 18, 2023

Demonstrators packed a park in Madrid Saturday to protest at plans to fell more than 1,000 trees to extend a metro line in the Spanish capital, an AFP correspondent said.

The work will involve cutting down 1,027 trees in a southwestern area known as Madrid Rio, the regional government has said, angering ecologists and local residents.

The protest was called by Spanish NGO Ecologists in
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