A ‘ghost rainforest’ of huge tree stumps from the jungles of Africa is to form a dramatic artwork in London’s Trafalgar Square.

Naturally fallen trees will become a dramatic artwork.

The display aims to highlight the threat of deforestation.

It will surround Nelson’s Column – which at 169 feet is about the same height as the trees while alive.

By night green laser beams will shine upwards to mark where the trees would have reached if they were still standing in their rainforest in Ghana.

The project is the brainchild of artist Angela Palmer who ventured to a remote logging camp in the west of the country to locate naturally fallen trees for the exhibit.

Her hope is to raise awareness of the rate at which tropical forests are being cleared and the resulting impact on global warming.

The destruction of tropical rainforests currently releases nearly one-fifth of all man-made greenhouse gases.

"Just as it is shocking to see a rhino with its horn hacked off, so it will be shocking to see these stumps – evidence of man’s hand in an act that could devastate our world.

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