BellingenNSW<p>Culturally modified trees in New South Wales</p><p>"In NSW, scarred, marked and ring trees are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, but trees-in-trees are not recognised as "culturally modified trees". Trees-in-trees" are tree species growing out of another tree species, often with stone-axe cut marks visible around the guest tree's graft. All trees have an identity, they have roles and responsibilities in the family unit, like people...They have their own spirit, like people...What makes them unusual is that neither species is an epiphyte: the type of plant that grows on another plant but is sustained by airborne nutrients...These are living cultural memory embodied in trees. All over Australia, trees have been modified by Aboriginal people but are vanishing due to logging, agricultural expansion and urban sprawl. Land clearing is a really big concern."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-09/culturally-modified-trees-a-national-treasure-in-outback-nsw/104557536" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-11-09/cul</span><span class="invisible">turally-modified-trees-a-national-treasure-in-outback-nsw/104557536</span></a></p><p>Culturally modified trees by settler society:<br>Trees are regularly butchered to make way for power lines.<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-07/tree-canopy-cover-urban-heat-island/104567914" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-11-07/tre</span><span class="invisible">e-canopy-cover-urban-heat-island/104567914</span></a><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-18/pruning-street-trees-around-powerlines-ausgrid-compromise/101538168" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2022-10-18/pru</span><span class="invisible">ning-street-trees-around-powerlines-ausgrid-compromise/101538168</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FirstNationsPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNationsPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/entanglement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entanglement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/relationality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relationality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IntraAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntraAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PowerLines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerLines</span></a></p>