Report: England's largest landowners must ramp up tree planting efforts
The Church Commissioners of England and Duchy of Cornwall - two of the largest institutional landowners in England - have tree cover rates below the already 'weak' national average of 10 per cent, according to a new study from Friends of the Earth
The 10 institutions that own seven per cent of England's land could play a critical role in helping drive down the UK's emissions by accelerating tree planting efforts, but have to date largely struggled...
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