Woodland Trust and Lloyds Banking Group hail 'landmark' tree-planting milestone

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Credit: The Woodland Trust
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Credit: The Woodland Trust

Charity and banking giant claim they are now around halfway towards their goal to plant 10 million trees across the UK by 2030

Farmers and landowners have helped plant five million trees in the UK over the past four years as part of a joint initiative led by the Woodland Trust and Lloyds Banking Group, the two partners have claimed...

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