Tree planting in UK 'must double to tackle climate change'
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from on (#42Z5C)
Government advisers call for radical changes, including turning farmland into forests
Tree planting must double by 2020 as part of radical changes to land use in the UK, according to the government's advisers on climate change.
New forests would lock up carbon but also help to limit the more frequent floods expected with global warming.
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