Cat to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months agoUK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion.www.carbonbrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down15cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldcdr@slrpnk.netclimate@slrpnk.net
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minus-squareYungOnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 months ago https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/press-centre/2024/09/biggest-ever-tree-planting-year-for-northern-forest/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartwood_Forest Some key figures from the 2024 Forestry research summary: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications/forestry-facts-figures-2024/ There are now 3.28 million hectares of woodland in the UK (as of March 2024) Woodland area in the UK now represents 13.5% of total land area 20,660 hectares of new woodland were created in the UK in 2023/24 (compared to 12,960 in 22/23) There was a 59% increase in new planting and 28% increase in restocking in the UK in 2023/24 Hopefully that’ll make you feel slightly happier :)
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/press-centre/2024/09/biggest-ever-tree-planting-year-for-northern-forest/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartwood_Forest
Some key figures from the 2024 Forestry research summary:
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications/forestry-facts-figures-2024/
There are now 3.28 million hectares of woodland in the UK (as of March 2024)
Woodland area in the UK now represents 13.5% of total land area
20,660 hectares of new woodland were created in the UK in 2023/24 (compared to 12,960 in 22/23)
There was a 59% increase in new planting and 28% increase in restocking in the UK in 2023/24
Hopefully that’ll make you feel slightly happier :)
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