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Ghost trees 'haunt' London square Ghost trees 'haunt' London square
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Stumps of 10 trees from a rainforest, complete with their roots, will be placed around Trafalgar Square to highlight the issue of climate change. The stumps of 10 rainforest trees, complete with their roots, have been placed around Trafalgar Square to highlight the issue of deforestation.
Laser beams will mark the height the trees would have reached in the wild in comparison to Nelson's Column.Laser beams will mark the height the trees would have reached in the wild in comparison to Nelson's Column.
The trees, logged legally in Ghana, will highlight deforestation in countries like Ghana which has lost 90% of its rainforest in the past 50 years. The legally logged trees will highlight deforestation in countries like their native Ghana which has lost 90% of its rainforest in the past 50 years.
Ghost Forest by artist Angela Palmer will inhabit the square until Friday. Ghost Forest, by Oxford artist Angela Palmer, will remain there until Friday.
The installation will go up at the central London location in the early hours of Monday morning. The installation went up at the central London location in the early hours of Monday morning.
'World's lungs''World's lungs'
The trees used in Ghost Forest come from the Suhuma forest reserve in Western Ghana, and were legally logged. The trees used in Ghost Forest come from the Suhuma forest reserve in western Ghana.
Artist Angela Palmer went to a logging camp to locate naturally fallen trees for the exhibit. The artist went to a logging camp to locate trees for the exhibit.
Ms Palmer said: "The concept is to present a series of rainforest tree stumps as a 'ghost forest' - using the negative space created by the missing trunks as a metaphor for climate change, the absence representing the removal of the world's 'lungs' through continued deforestation."Ms Palmer said: "The concept is to present a series of rainforest tree stumps as a 'ghost forest' - using the negative space created by the missing trunks as a metaphor for climate change, the absence representing the removal of the world's 'lungs' through continued deforestation."
The project has seven indigenous species - Denya, Dahuma, Danta, Hyedua, Mahogany,Wawa and three varieties of Celtis. The project has seven indigenous species - Denya, Dahuma, Danta, Hyedua, Mahogany, Wawa and three varieties of Celtis.
The installation, which highlights the threat of deforestation faced by tropical forests, will be shipped to Thorvaldsens Plads in Copenhagen for the start of the UN Climate Change summit in December.The installation, which highlights the threat of deforestation faced by tropical forests, will be shipped to Thorvaldsens Plads in Copenhagen for the start of the UN Climate Change summit in December.