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New #woodland statistics published by the @ForestryComm cast further doubt on the Government’s ability to halt nature’s decline by 2030🌳
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Our first thoughts: 1/4
The Government committed to plant 30,000 hectares of #woodland from 2019 to 2024, but it's lagging behind, by a lot. So far it's taken them *three years* to plant 7,150ha, with just 1,980ha planted last year.
And they plan to be planting 30,000ha A YEAR from 2024.
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And they plan to be planting 30,000ha A YEAR from 2024.
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And that's BEFORE we look at the woeful protection and restoration of #AncientWoodland, decline in woodland wildlife, the steady influx of tree diseases, and the poor state of #SSSI woodland.
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Last night we had a #Moth expert do a survey of #JonesHillWood Here is a selection of what we found. All this will be lost if we don't protect this #AncientWoodland #StopHS2 @ChrisGPackham @BBOWT @PoorPiece @stophs2 @natalieben
Today’s #HS2 announcement shows that our expert opinion, that of other NGOs, and the concerns of the public worried about the destruction of the irreplaceable habitat, has been utterly disregarded.
Some 61 #AncientWoods along the #HS2 route are earmarked for total or partial destruction while a further 47 will suffer damage from noise, vibration, light, and pollution. woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-tre…
“The Government is riding roughshod over its own environmental ambitions and ignoring lessons learned from the past, by allowing destruction of #AncientWoodland and other important habitats on this scale." - @AdamCormack_ #HS2
