Tree Planting

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) accelerate the UK's tree planting programme and (b) ensure that programme is on target to reach the Government's reforestation targets.

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1. 2 November 2021

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) accelerate the UK's tree planting programme and (b) ensure that programme is on target to reach the Government's reforestation targets.

   Source: Commons

2. 8 November 2021

   Answer

   After centuries of deforestation, tree cover in the UK reached its low point in 1924, with only 5% of the UK forested after the First World War. We have now brought woodland cover back up to 13% across the UK. The Government has committed to increasing tr...

   Source: Written answer

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