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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.

It was one of several places across England they were reintroduced to act as "ecosystem engineers", building dams and felling trees to provide vital habitat and resources for insects, fish, plants, birds and bats, and help to mitigate flooding risks.

“Both the right and the left see the need for children to be taken care of while parents work,” said Christy Felling, director of communications for the nonprofit First Five Years Fund.