NetZeroPlus: Government funding boost for plans to deliver tree-planting to an area the size of Devon

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Government confirms £30m of new investment in a range of projects designed to enhance natural carbon sinks

Around 750,000 hectares - an area larger than Devon - is set to be forested across the UK over the next 25 years as part of a new project headed by researchers from the University of Exeter that is today...

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