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Last Updated: Sunday, 12 March 2006, 10:25 GMT
Trees corridor helps rare frogs
Frog
The tree corridor could help improve the frogs' gene pool
Trees are being planted in Jersey to help neutralise carbon dioxide and also encourage the island's endangered frog populations to mix.

The 89 trees are a mixture of hedgerow native species which will make a corridor between the agile frog breeding sites at Noirmont and Ouaisne.

The planting has been organised by the Men of the Trees.

When mature, every tree will be capable of neutralising one ton of carbon produced by fossil fuel burning.

The Men of the Trees are hoping the corridor will encourage the critically endangered agile frogs to mix, so their gene pool can be strengthened and improve their chance of survival.




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