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Increasing number of trees draw large crowds as National Trust plans 4m blossoming trees across EnglandTourists have long travelled to Japan to see its famous cherry blossom in spring.But the UK could soon have its own industry as the increasing number…
CPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaignersThe UK’s membership of a Pacific trade agreement will result in more deforestation overseas, endanger animal welfare and “make a mockery” of the government’s…
Giles Perritt says ‘change is difficult’ as campaigners obtain court order to extend injunction against future fellingAn official behind the controversial felling of 110 trees by Plymouth council has said their removal will be “really good for the city…
Thérèse Coffey reveals proposals for England far less ambitious than those set out in first draft of environment documentPolitics live – latest updatesThe environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has disappointed campaigners after revealing that an ambit…
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Tory councillor Richard Bingley signed off night-time mass felling as part of £12m regeneration schemeA council leader who has been embroiled in a row after ordering the felling of more than 100 trees is to resign.Richard Bingley, the leader of Plymout…
Poet laureate celebrates a plum tree in poem commissioned by the National Trust for its blossom campaignThe poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has written a new poem which pays homage to spring, in celebration of World Poetry Day.Plum Tree Among the Skyscr…
Ancient breeds will act as ecosystem engineers to convert commercial pine plantation into a wild woodThe UK’s first wild bison in millennia have been joined by iron-age pigs, Exmoor ponies and longhorn cattle as the rewilding project moves forward in c…
Scores of trees destroyed in a few hours on Tuesday night despite petition to save them signed by 16,000 peopleMore than 100 mature trees have been cut down in the centre of Plymouth in a move campaigners said was reminiscent of the needless felling of…
Appointment of Dame Caroline Spelman to nature watchdog’s board sparks cronyism allegationsUK politics live – latest news updatesA former Tory minister who tried to sell off England’s forests has been appointed to the board of Natural England, leading …