Towards the end of last year, branches that were falling from pine trees, some at least one hundred years old, led Arta town hall to ask the Council of Majorca to undertake a diagnosis of the health of the trees. The upshot of this is that the Council will have to cut down eight of these old pine trees on the Costa i Llobera avenue, which is the main road to Capdepera. The trees have been badly affected by processionary caterpillars.
Environment
Arta pines to be felled because of caterpillar disease
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I read that you may cut down or prune pine trees in your own garden without permission if its not a part och a conservancy area. Any comments on that?
The processional Caterpillars are in ALL parts of the Island, and not just Arta. There needs to be a general warning to Tourists , as getting close to them, incurs their sprayed poison, and causes a nasty skin infection.