A tree isn't a tree if it's not more than four metres high. It can be felled if it's an "obstruction or nuisance" and hacked if the authorities don't respond within a month of being petitioned. Welcome to West Bengal that appears headed for an almost tree less future a few days from now. The draft of the West Bengal Trees Act, 2003 likely to be tabled once the Assembly session begins has a few clauses that green activists believe would harm the very environment the proposed Act is supposed to protect.