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Housebuilders who “just shove trees in the ground” to meet planting targets will be made to ensure they survive by watering them properly, as part of plans being considered by ministers.
Under the government’s legally binding environment improvement plan targets, which replace EU nature rules, the aim is to increase England’s woodland cover from 10% to 16.5% by 2050.
The government has therefore set tree planting targets and asked private businesses to contribute in return for funding or as part of a biodiversity net gain plan.
However, woodland experts have warned that many trees are dying soon after being planted, as inappropriate species are chosen or they are placed too close together, or they are abandoned and not watered properly.
Taking aim at housing developers, she said: “We have examples of it … where hundreds of trees have been planted too close together, in the wrong soil type, and they’ve just died.
At the research centre, they are testing different tree species in different soils as well as finding new ways to eliminate pests, which can destroy whole woodlands.
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