UK government’s 25 year plan – what does it mean for our trees and seas?
by Angus, 15 April, 2018, 0 comments
Early in 2018 the government launched its 25 year environment plan which covers everything green that they could think of from water to waste, and from chemicals to climate change. It's full of the usual good intentions mostly for far off dates when current politicians will either be drawing comfy pensions or themselves will have become integrated into the environment. But it does have some specific plans for our woodlands and our oceans.
For forestry in England there is a specific tree-planting target which the Woodland Trust have been actively lobbying over many years - the plan aims to increase tree cover by 180,000 hectares before the end of 2042. Read more...
