Comment on UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• YungOnions@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  *…org.uk/…/biggest-ever-tree-planting-year-for-nor…

  • en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartwood_Forest

  Some key figures from the 2024 Forestry research summary:

  …gov.uk/…/forestry-facts-figures-2024/

  • There are now 3.28 million hectares of woodland in the UK (as of March 2024)

  • Woodland area in the UK now represents 13.5% of total land area

  • 20,660 hectares of new woodland were created in the UK in 2023/24 (compared to 12,960 in 22/23)

  • There was a 59% increase in new planting and 28% increase in restocking in the UK in 2023/24

  Hopefully that’ll make you feel slightly happier :)

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  • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    🥰

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• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Ditto

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• ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yeah but, how can you squeeze profit from that?

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  • Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Charge people for breathing oxygen, like that one Dr who episode.

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