£60m 'greenery drive' to plant 10m trees in England

Conservationists say money is step in the right direction in tackling climate change

More than 10m trees will be planted across England with the injection of 60m of new funding over five years, as part of what the government billed as its "drive to preserve the country's greenery".

The bulk of the money, 50m, will pay landowners for planting trees that lock up carbon, which observers said raised questions over how accessible those woodlands would be to the public. That fund, the Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme, should pay for 10m trees.