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Environmental scientist/agroecologist @SoGLeeds | (mostly) studying hedgerow planting for carbon 🌱, water ☔, and biodiversity🦋 | Italian abroad
Jun 7, 2023 10 tweets 9 min read
📢New paper on planting #hedgerows for climate change mitigation

How does #hedgerow planting contribute towards reaching #NetZero?

We looked at hedge #biomass and #soil carbon storage and UK planting rates

📄authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

thread ⬇️ Image 1/9 First, a look at hedge planting numbers. We used @NaturalEngland data for planting and gapping-up in public schemes (#CountrysideStewardship &co)

👉 5265 km of hedges have been planted in 2004-2022
👉 2.6 times as many hedges were planted in 2019-2022 compared to 2004-2018 Image