Carbon markets: Forestry Commission confirms details of next Woodland Guarantee Auction

Cecilia Keating
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Carbon markets: Forestry Commission confirms details of next Woodland Guarantee Auction

Scheme designed to boost tree cover has been expanded for first time to farmers and landowners not already in receipt of government funding

The Forestry Commission has this week confirmed the dates of the next Woodland Guarantee Auction, the government-backed scheme designed to accelerate woodland planting rates across England. In an announcement...

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