Hamburg Port Authority plans to cut 350 Elbwald trees amid protest and reforestation push

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What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.

• [● 9 SOURCES] The campaign proposes planting about 3,000 trees on 24 ha of former landfill behind the Elbe riverbank. (campaign)
• [● 9 SOURCES] The initiative will release a documentary in autumn about the Elbwald’s history. (report)
• [● 9 SOURCES] A petition against the felling of the Elbwald trees has been launched and is close to completion. (report)
• [● 9 SOURCES] In 1926 Hamburg merchants planted 100 poplar trees at the Bubendey quay as a shield for the then‑new petroleum harbour. (9d958176, d9cef90d, 48cb91ef, d3f02949)
• [● 9 SOURCES] Jürgen “Fiffi” Schaper added about 300 poplar trees in the early 1950s. (report)
• [● 9 SOURCES] The Hamburg Port Authority plans to fell approximately 350 trees in the Finkenwerder industrial area for new container terminals. (HPA plan to cut trees)
• [● 7 SOURCES] In 1926 Hamburg merchants planted 100 poplar trees at the Bubendey quay as a shield for the petroleum harbour. (report)
• [● 7 SOURCES] The initiative’s contact person is Franz Hermann, located at Elbchaussee 132, 2765 Hamburg. (9d958176, d9cef90d, 48cb91ef, d3f02949)
• [● 7 SOURCES] In the early 1950s Jürgen “Fiffi” Schaper added about 300 poplar trees. (9d958176, d9cef90d, 48cb91ef, d3f02949)
• [● 7 SOURCES] A broad coalition of environmental, economic and political groups opposes the tree felling and has launched a petition that is close to completion. (broad coalition)
• [● 7 SOURCES] The coalition proposes planting about 3,000 trees on a 24 ha former landfill behind the Elbe riverbank. (duplicate of claim 3)
• [● 6 SOURCES] The initiative proposes planting about 3,000 trees on a 24‑hectare former landfill behind the Elbe riverbank to create a city forest. (report)