ECIU: UK to miss 2030 tree planting target by an area the size of the Isle of Wight

Stuart Stone
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Think tank calls for 'step change' in tree planting efforts after analysis reveals UK fell more than 1,000 hectares short of 2024/25 planting target

New statistics released this week indicate the UK is badly off track if to deliver the level of tree-planting proposed under the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) net zero scenario. An analysis of the...

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