The young banyan trees initially lined the junction of Jalan Jenderal Sudirman and Jalan M.H. Thamrin near the Hotel Indonesia roundabout. Their trunks were fresh like well-fed teenagers. Today, those trees have to be removed for the sake of optimizing the Sudirman-Thamrin road. But should they be cut down?

In fact, cutting down a tree is an outdated practice. According to the head of the Jakarta Special Capital City Park Service, Sarwo Handayani,