The campaign has raised more than half a million pounds through business donors to plant orchards in schools. The Daily Mail, with The Be a Tree Angel campaign run with the Tree Council has called for much greater investment in tree planting across the UK.
![sankofa movie dvd release date sankofa movie dvd release date](https://www.wmm.com/storage/films/the-passion-of-remembrance/pi_passion_comp2.jpg)
This is less than half the £50.2million spent by the government on woodland grants in Scotland – which has a much smaller population than England.Ĭampaigners said that greater funding was needed for new trees in English counties as the two countries are already very unequal in tree cover – with Scotland comprising 19 per cent of woodland, compared to just 10 per cent in England.Īnalysis of government figures by Friends of the Earth found that £20.5million was spent on woodland grants in England in 2018/2019 The government is spending just 37p per person on planting new trees in England, a new study found – just a fraction of the £9.23 spent in Scotland.Īnalysis of government figures by Friends of the Earth found that £20.5million was spent on woodland grants in England in 2018/2019. Campaigners say greater funding is needed in order to meet planting targets.In Scotland the government are spending £50.2 million on new woodland grants.In total the government is spending £20.5 million on woodland grants in England.UK Government is spending a fraction of its pledged tree planting budget in England with 37p spent per person compared with £9.23 in Scotland