AstraZeneca UK injects £2m into forestry planting in England and Scotland

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AstraZeneca's recently opened 'discovery centre' in Cambridge | Credit: AstraZeneca
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Pharmaceuticals company announces new partners in support of plans to plant one million trees around the UK

AstraZeneca UK today launched a new £2m initiative in partnership with Forestry England, Borders Forest Trust, and One Tree Planted to plant more than one million trees in England and Scotland by 2025....

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