New forest to be created in west of England, with 20m trees planted by 2050. The scheme is the first new national forest for 30 years and aims to increase woodlands and tree cover to boost wildlife, help to mitigate the climate crisis, and provide access to nature for people.

4 comments

1. Please don’t mess this up.

2. I asked ChatGPT

   > How many trees could be planted in the U.K. if 10% of uplands currently used for grazing was instead used for sustainable woodlands and rewilding?

   It did a reasonable calculation and concluded

   > Around **870 million trees** could potentially be planted in the UK if 10% of upland grazing land were converted to sustainable woodlands and rewilding, using a mix of planting and natural regeneration.

   So yeah, let’s up our ambition a bit here shall we!

   Less subsidies for rendering the countryside a wildlife desert in service of cow and sheep farming and more restoration of actual nature please.

3. Too little, too late I fear

4. This is great, I’d love to see more large scale schemes like this.

   It would be interesting if lab grown meat ended up reducing land required for grazing, so that vast areas could be rewilded.

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