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HEALTH
One of world's top urban forests 527 4000
Hospital

threatened by tiny beetle Imsan- San Nicolas
524 8833
Psychic Riley
Solves problems in love DOCTOR ON DUTY
lot of trees." business help and removes Oranjestad
The trees do not have an negative influences. guaranteed Dr. Gonzales Tel. 583 0660
evolved resistance to the results. all readings are
polyphagous shothole bor- customized and confidential. San Nicolas
er, unlike in Asia where the 001 747 271 9899 Women in Difficulties
Dr. Giel Tel. 584 5155
beetles naturally occur. _________________________________209659 PHARMACY ON DUTY
It is the older, more estab- Psychic Natalie
lished trees that are at risk, Will read the stars in heaven to Oranjestad:
Central Tel. 585 8077
said arborist Neil Hill. "So for fill your destiny and solve all San Nicolas
that's going to leave a gap your problems. San Nicolas Tel. 584 5712
in the landscape. And if we 001 747 271 9899 Women in Difficulties
don't start to plant straight ________________________________209697 OTHER
way with new trees that Dental Clinic 587 9850
gap is going to become Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
more and more of a con- Mobility Equip . Gire
Trees line a street in a Johannesburg suburb, Sunday, Aug. 12, 568 5165
2018. cern as far as urban blight, Urgent Care 586 0448
Associated Press pollution, aesthetic beau- Women in Difficulties
ty." Hill has been experi- EMERGENCY
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — cording to the Massachu- menting with organic and Police 100
One of the world's largest setts Institute of Technology chemical fungicides and Oranjestad 527 3140
urban forests is under threat initiative Treepedia has the pesticides and will contin- Noord 527 3200
from a tiny beetle. world's sixth-largest green ue in the spring when the Sta. Cruz 527 2900
The polyphagous shot hole canopy cover. trees are no longer in their San Nicolas 584 5000
borer is thought to have Today, many of Johannes- dormant winter phase.q Police Tipline 11141
made its way to Johan- burg's estimated 6 to 10 mil- Ambulancia 115
Fire Dept.
nesburg from Southeast lion trees are dying, a crisis Psychic Danika Red Cross 582 2219
Can and will remove negativity
Asia on packing crates or obscured only by the cur-
through the trade in plant rent winter season. Some from areas of your life where TAXI SERVICES
others have failed. Serious
materials. of the infected trees have Taxi Tas 587 5900
Trudy Paap, a forest pa- the telltale holes the 2-milli- callers only Prof. Taxi 588 0035
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thologist at the University meter-long beetle makes in Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
of Pretoria, discovered the their bark. ________________________________209697 Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
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beetle in the Pietermaritz- "This beetle doesn't actu- Women in Difficulties
burg Botanical Gardens ally eat the trees," Paap TRAVEL INFO
last year. She published said. Instead it carries a
her discovery in the journal fungus that blocks the ves- Aruba Airport 524 2424
American Airlines 582 2700
Australasian Plant Pathol- sels that transport water Avianca 588 0059
ogy, calling it part of "the and nutrients, "which ulti- Aruba Airlines 583 8300
surge in the global spread mately leads to die-back Jet Blue 588 2244
of invasive forest pests" be- and death of the tree." Surinam 582 7896
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The beetle has since know just how many trees Women in Difficulties
moved to Johannesburg, have died from the bee- CRUISES
320 kilometers (198 miles) tles' invasion, the outlook
away, and spread across for Johannesburg is grim:
its urban forest, which ac- "The city is going to lose a

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