Mayor Boris urged to copy New York's million trees pledge

Jessica Shankleman
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New data reveals London has planted just 9,000 more trees than it has felled since 2010

The Mayor of London is facing fresh calls to replicate New York's pledge to plant one million trees, after new data revealed that some London boroughs are regularly cutting down more trees than they plant....

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