Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Why Boris’s tree planting plans could damage the environment

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Tree planting is one of those motherhood-and-apple pie policies that it’s quite hard to argue with. We have a climate crisis, and a dreadful decline in biodiversity, and more trees will help with that. They will restore our denuded landscape to something more natural, and they’re good for our mental health.

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