EU plan for 3bn trees in 10 years to tackle biodiversity crisis

Concern that new strategy, which also includes protecting primeval forests, lacks tools'

The European commission will launch a sweeping effort to tackle the global biodiversity crisis on Wednesday, including a call for 3bn trees to be planted in the EU by 2030 and a plan to better protect the continent's last primeval forests.

The draft policy document, published online by an environmental NGO, admits that to date in the EU, protection has been incomplete, restoration has been small-scale, and the implementation and enforcement of legislation has been insufficient".