Banyan has strong adaptability, likes loose and fertile acidic soil, can grow in barren sandy soil, and leaves turn yellow in alkaline soil. Not drought-resistant, more water-resistant and wet-resistant, and short-term waterlogging will not rot the roots.
Advantages of banyan tree
Banyan has one advantage: it grows fast, its species are cheap, its crown is huge, its shading effect is hard to meet its rivals, and it is not afraid of rain and waterlogging, so it is planted the most. Since then, the banyan tree has spread its branches and leaves in Guangzhou. The banyan tree has become the most profound childhood imprint of many old people. They grow, play, enjoy the cool and eat under the banyan tree. Because banyan trees. Song Jinbo/Wen In the past year, Guangzhou has moved and cut down more than 3,000 banyan trees, many of which are big and old, in the implementation of projects such as "improving the quality of road greening" and "upgrading urban parks". After continuous fermentation, this incident caused a storm. Until 2002165438+February 12, the website of the state supervision commission of the central commission for discipline inspection issued a circular, seriously blaming Guangzhou 10 related leading cadres.
As a street tree, banyan does have many problems, even causing security risks. However, should these thousands of banyan trees in Guangzhou be removed or even cut down? This is controversial even in professional judgment. In addition, the emotional and practical functions of these old trees in Guangzhou should be fully considered to make the decision-making process as open, transparent and interactive as possible, so as to gain the understanding and trust of the citizens.
Now it seems that even if some street trees are removed and cut down on a professional basis, the related projects, as major administrative decisions with strong publicity, do have problems of scientific and democratic decision-making.
The three principles that should be followed in major administrative decisions are science, democracy and legality in turn. In the "Guangzhou tree felling incident", the missing links are the first two.
"Science" is closely related to major. Judging from the list of accountable officials, as the main business management unit, a bunch of leaders of Guangzhou Forestry and Landscape Department are impressively listed. Judging from the strength of handling, some business leaders may not only be unable to provide accurate professional advice, but even play a negative role in the decision-making and implementation process.
Scientific decision-making needs independent thinking of professionals. As a former forestry worker, I deeply understand the dilemma of professional officials in the implementation of some major decision-making arguments. Forestry and landscape architecture units, on the one hand, are professional management departments with professional knowledge and professional judgment in related fields, but at the same time, most professional cadres in these departments also have the identity of administrative officials. Under such circumstances, it will inevitably have some influence on the possible role of professional judgment in decision-making and implementation.
In the specific case of "cutting down trees in Guangzhou", because of the strong publicity of "urban tree migration and cutting down", it spans many fields, including the applicability and rationality of gardens, such as tree species characteristics, tree species ratio, history, culture, public psychology, etc ... It requires higher-level decision makers to have the ability and consciousness to listen to various opinions and coordinate across departments to make an accurate evaluation.
If professionalism does not play its due role in the scientific decision-making of the "Guangzhou Tree Cutting Incident", then the lack of transparency and openness in the decision-making process is even more obvious.
In the process of decision-making and implementation, the relevant departments in Guangzhou lacked full interaction with the public and did not make good use of the forms of hearings. I have several friends in Guangzhou. They have a lot of complaints about "cutting down trees" because they felt "kept in the dark" in the early days.
In addition, the early absence of local media in Guangzhou is also obvious. It was not until May of 20021year that some local media gradually followed suit, driven by some unofficial media. If the media form a benign interaction with the government and citizens, they can play an active role in public events.
First of all, this is reflected in the early decision-making process. Through timely reporting, citizens can fully understand possible problems as soon as possible, and at the same time summarize their opinions and have an impact on decision-making. In the decision-making process, it can also promote multi-party communication and let the public fully understand the rationality of some measures.
The external evaluation of China's institutional advantages is, first of all, "being able to make and implement major and complex decisions quickly in response to challenges". But the premise of this advantage is to implement the principles of science, democracy and law in the decision-making process. Without these principles, the style of centralization will spread and the risk of single-point decision-making will increase.
For unscientific and undemocratic decision-making, it is necessary not only to strictly investigate the code afterwards, but also to maintain the system beforehand. It's better to get paid than to be burned to death.
Guangzhou is a city with a long history and an open tradition. Citizens' awareness of equal rights is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they are willing to safeguard their own or the public's rights and interests through legal channels. Compared with most cities, Guangzhou's performance in scientific and democratic decision-making has always been high and low. This also means that the problems exposed by the "Guangzhou tree felling incident" may be quite universal and will not only exist in Guangzhou. Guangzhou is not the only place that needs reflection, so as to continuously promote the construction of "whole process democracy".