Preserving Trees at City Campus

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• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: Singapore Management University; City campus; Tree planting; Building sites; Universities & colleges > Planning; Trees; Nature conservation; Environmental conservation and preservation.
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/city_campus/22; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/city_campus/article/1021/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Mature trees were removed from Singapore Management University’s city campus construction site and then replanted on campus after the construction was completed. Among them was a 70-year-old rain tree weighing more than 37 tonnes. The tree was 21-metres in height with a crown 25 metres in diameter....