As Shanghai's urban landscape belt, the 8.3-kilometer-long Huangpu Riverside coastline gathers many of the essence of Shanghai's urban landscape. However, in order to enhance landscape vision, a restaurant on the Bund actually cut down many camphor trees without authorization.

Failure to obtain administrative license
Cutting down trees without authorization 2022年10月28日深夜，黄浦滨江某观光平台附近传出阵阵砍伐树木的声音，数辆卡车、吊车连夜作业，不一会儿，7棵高大的香樟树被砍伐并清运。

11月9日，黄浦区检察院公益检察室收到市民投诉，根据市民提供的视频照片，检察官很快找到了案发地点，原本高大的香樟树，现仅剩几个被砍伐后的矮小树桩。


经调查，外滩一家餐厅因周围的香樟树遮挡了部分用餐的景观视野，Without obtaining administrative permission from the greening management department for the relocation and felling of seedlings, a greening engineering company was entrusted to felling. 相关资料显示，被砍伐的7株香樟树胸径均在30厘米以上。案发地点在黄浦滨江，系外滩核心区域，而胸径超过30厘米的乔木正是外滩景观带的稀缺资源。
A severe penalty of up to seven times will be imposed and a fine of 478,800 yuan will be imposed and the damaged green landscape will be repaired 2023年1月19日，黄浦区城市管理行政执法局认定涉案餐饮公司擅自砍伐树木的行为违反了《上海市绿化条例》等相关规定，结合行为人的主观过错程度、违法事实、损害后果，按绿化补偿标准最高七倍予以从重处罚，罚款47.88万元。
检察官分析，绿化公司作为专业公司，应该知道树木是不能被随意砍伐的，在这一事件中存在知法犯法的情形，所以应当承担连带侵权责任。
虽然行政机关对涉案餐饮公司作出了严厉的行政处罚，但检察机关认为受损的社会公共利益尚未能得到修复。
通过依法公开的程序，初步确定了绿化恢复方案，即在原砍伐香樟树的附近绿地内、满足栽种香樟树条件的区域补种7棵香樟树，这也为后续开展生态环境损害赔偿提供了必要的基础。
去年11月7日，黄浦区检察院向两家公司同步制发了检察建议，建议涉案公司建立健全内部管理机制，加强合规风险预警，严守合法经营的底线。此外，加强对员工的法治宣传和教育，进一步增强生态环境保护意识，杜绝主动破坏绿化环境的行为。
同年11月底，两家公司分别致函回复接受检察机关的建议，并就建议的内容进行了落实。 Recently, the company involved in the case replanted 7 camphor trees in the corresponding areas in accordance with the signed "Ecological Environment Compensation Agreement" and carried out overall optimization and restoration of the damaged green landscape. 今年3月11日，在植树节前夕，黄浦区检察院就涉案公司补种树木和修复生态环境的情况开展“回头看”，并邀请人民监督员、人大代表一同参与监督。
Fines for felling trees have happened before and have been on hot searches At the beginning of this year, three residents living in Accord Garden, Xinqiao Town, Songjiang, Shanghai received administrative penalties from the local town government,"Hearing Notice", fines ranging from 20,000 to 40,000 yuan for illegally felling camphor trees in the community
**2021年#上海男子修剪自买的香樟树被罚14万#也曾一度引发社会关注

** Oasis Beverly Garden, located on Minghua Road in Songjiang District, Shanghai, is a villa community. The camphor tree purchased by the owner, Mr. Li, was planted outside his courtyard many years ago because he thought it blocked the sun and asked someone to "prune" and was fined 144,200 yuan by the urban management.

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Article 29 of the "Shanghai City Greening Regulations" stipulates that it is prohibited to felling trees without authorization. If trees need to be felled due to the following reasons, the maintenance unit shall apply to the municipal or district greening management department:

(1) Seriously affecting residents 'lighting, ventilation and living safety, and the trees have no relocation value;

(2) posing a threat to personal safety or other facilities, and the trees have no relocation value;

(3) Quarantine pests and diseases occur;

(4) Due to the need for tree growth and tending, and the trees have no migration value.

Article 30 of the "Shanghai City Greening Regulations" stipulates that when a maintenance unit applies to felling trees, it must submit the following materials:

(1) The variety, quantity, specifications, location, and owner's opinions of the trees to be felled;

(2) Tree replanting plans or remedial measures.

An application shall be submitted to the municipal greening management department for felling the following trees:

(1) Trees and street trees on public green spaces;

(2) Other green spaces with more than ten trees or DBH of more than 25 centimeters.

If trees other than those specified in the preceding paragraph are cut down, an application shall be submitted to the district greening management department.

The municipal and district greening management department shall make an approval decision within 15 working days from the date of accepting the application; if approval is not approved, the reasons shall be explained in writing.

The felling of trees within the scope of railway land shall be approved by the railway management department in accordance with regulations.

If the felling is approved, the applicant shall replant trees or take other remedial measures.

If you encounter situations such as trees blocking lighting in the community, you can ask the owner committee to carry out follow-up treatment according to the appropriate step. Don't prune or cut down trees by yourself.

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