What Can I Do: Plant more trees
That is what Seeds for Schools is all about.
Every tree helps to improve our immediate environment and clean the air around us. Planting lots of trees around the country can really help to make an impact.
On a larger scale, by planting new forests and restoring old or damaged ones we can help to restore global forest cover.
We have plenty of experience of doing this in the UK. At the beginning of the 20th Century we had only 5% of our land covered in forests and woodlands. 100 years on, thanks to very big planting efforts, that figure has more than doubled and is now 12%.
Kielder Forest in north-east England is a fine example of a planted forest. It contains mostly coniferous (evergreen) trees but there are also many areas of broadleaved (deciduous) tree species which have been planted for either conservation or recreational purposes.
In addition there are nine legally protected Sites of Special Scientific Interest, including ancient woodland, fossil trees, geological sites, moorlands and wetlands. There will be other planted or restored forests near to you.
In Europe, the forest area grew by 13 million hectares between 1990 and 2005. That’s an area almost equivalent to six times the size of Wales.
Our science and sound experience in the UK in establishing and managing forests, and our knowledge of working with communities to help get the right trees in the right place is hard won but very effective.
We are now sharing that experience with many other countries to help them replace their forests.
Next step...
Now click on 'Protect forests' on the left of this page to learn about how you can help save our existing forests.Links
Global Partnership on Forest Landscape RestorationWWF
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
Kielder Forest
