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Many of the people who received the subsequent email to that effect probably spent the week felling trees and clearing brush — a particularly bitter irony given the spectacle of the billionaire’s undoubtedly soft hands fumbling a chrome-plated chainsaw, which he brandished overhead with neophytic enthusiasm at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

The latest iteration of the project calls for felling 108 trees rooted along Greenleaf Avenue, between Wardman and Hadley streets, and planting 118 smaller trees in the area.

Claudio Angelo from Brazil's Climate Observatory said that in the case of his country, while measures like punishing people for felling trees had been successful it was also important to focus on promoting things like sustainable agriculture.

The mining has led to the felling of trees, and the clearing of vast areas of forest vegetation.

To mark the first anniversary of the tree's felling, the National Trust says people can apply for one of the 49 Sycamore Gap saplings to grow into a tree in a space for their community.