Carbon market boost: Government launches latest £10m tree-planting auction

James S Murray
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Forestry Commission invites farmers and land manages to bid for funding support to create new woodlands to help tackle the effects of climate change

The government has this week launched the latest £10m phase of its £50m Woodland Carbon Guarantee programme, calling on farmers and land managers to bid for funding to support new woodland tree-planting...

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