Investment round opens for plantation of new species of CO2-cutting trees

Cecilia Keating
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Carbon Plantations is aiming to raise up to £4.7m to plant new species of fast-growing hardwood trees with strong carbon storage potential at a site in Suffolk

Ethical crowdfunding platform Abundance has opened up an investment round for Carbon Plantations, a business that is aiming to develop plantations of fast-growing broadleaf trees which can absorb carbon...

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