Why #WorldWar1 + the 1919 #Forestry Act show why #Northumberland leads the way on forestry and #climatechange: A thread:
... We all agree we need to plant more #trees 🌲🌲🌲
to combat climate change + also because forests / timber is vital to both our enjoyment + economy 1/
In 1919 the country was short of wood = a national emergency. #Northumberland land around Kielder Castle, just south of Scots border, was identified + soon after planting began on an ever expanding basis.The #kielderforest is the biggest in UK + growing with recent additions /2
100 years ago, our island was less than 5% #woodland.
Good news = woodland today covers nearly three times as much land, at 13 per cent, and is probably as wooded as days of yore.
Bad news = we still import more #timber than we grow = bad business + bad for #climatechange 3/
Yes Brazils logging + other countries matter (as does our own behaviour) but we need to plant more Kielder Forests in the UK + take renewed approach as 1919 Act. The full story of the #forestry act and its consequences is here 4/ researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefi…
The way ahead is a modern 3rd sector /Forestry Commission, Central, local + devolved govt (+ private sector)to work together. See below ⬇️ for #Hexham forestry summit held in July @EGGER_UK 👍⬇️
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