Europe proposes cutting down millions of olive trees in Italy to fight outbreak
The European Commission has proposed cutting down up to 11 million olive trees in South Italy to contain the spread of Xylella fastidiosa. The bacterium spread by insects has been blamed for the devastation of over 74,000 acres of olive groves in the Salento region of Apulia (Puglia) in South Italy.
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