The EU has recommended that 11million Italian olive trees be cut down . Comes after a deadly microbe spread by insects was discovered in them . Fears that unless they are destroyed it will spread to other areas of Italy . Some of the trees that might have to be chopped down are 500 years old .
The EU has recommended that 11million Italian olive trees be cut down . Comes after a deadly microbe spread by insects was discovered in them . Fears that unless they are destroyed it will spread to other areas of Italy . Some of the trees that might have to be chopped down are centuries old .