A Government forest regeneration scheme has been called “pathetic” by environmentalists after being found to be scarcely contributing to nationwide tree cover.
England’s woodland creation offer has created 192 hectares (474 acres) of “natural colonisation” in two years, around the size of Regent’s Park, the Guardian reported on Monday. It is perhaps a drop in the ocean — or a tree in a wood — considering the Government wants to increase Britain’s forest cover by 30,000 hectares annually by 2025.
