Never has there been a more important time for trees and forests to help tackle the climate emergency and provide a much- needed sanctuary for people and wildlife. Our government are committed to creating 30,000 hectares of woodland a year across the UK by the end of this Parliament. This acceleration in current planting rates in England will contribute to meeting the net-zero by 2050 ambitions, and to government’s wider environmental targets. This was supported by the announcement at the 11 March 2022 budget of £640m for a new Nature for Climate Fund ‘to support natural habitats like woodland and peat’. The Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Fores