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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sinéad Campbell

Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’

Tree saplings in protected sheaths on a hillside
The England woodland creation offer has supported 8,642 hectares of new woods created by tree planting compared with only 501 hectares of natural regeneration since it began in May 2021. Photograph: Jason Jones/Alamy

The government is failing to support the natural regeneration of trees in England owing to an overwhelming focus on planting, campaigners have said.

Recent figures show only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.

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