
Research report
State of the UK's Woods and Trees 2021
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We're working with partners, farmers, landowners and local communities to create bigger, better, more resilient landscapes across the UK for people and wildlife.
Habitat restoration and woodland expansion across landscapes will play a huge role in addressing the threats we face from climate change and biodiversity loss.
That's where our Treescapes programme comes in. We're working together with partners, landowners and communities to make the landscape-scale changes needed to take us into the future. We're restoring, protecting and creating woodland in focus areas across the UK, planting trees in the right place, and rekindling our love and connection with woods and wildlife at a local level.
Working across entire landscapes takes enormous collaborative input, but brings extraordinary benefits for wildlife, people and the economy...
Working in partnership with over 600 landowners and managers, we're protecting and restoring thousands of hectares of fragile ancient woodland across the UK.
We're promoting the vast expansion of native woodland cover through planting and natural regeneration to fight the effects of climate change and boost biodiversity.
Nature-friendly habitats will be connected within networks of hedgerows and trees allowing species to thrive and halting the decline in wildlife.
We're focusing on priority areas across the UK.
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Growing trees in the north and west of Scotland presents both unique challenges and benefits. Our Croft Woodlands advisory team helps crofters, smallholders and common grazings to create and manage woodlands that will flourish.
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The Faughan Valley project aims to reconnect pockets of ancient woodland, allowing them to become more resilient and thrive in the future.
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We're bringing life back to neglected and fragmented ancient woods in Sussex to boost biodiversity and revitalise woodland skills.
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We're working to restore Devon's wooded landscape to its former glory.
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We're working to ensure Scotland’s rainforests thrive once again. As part of the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest, we're on a mission to protect and enhance this globally important habitat for the special wildlife that depends upon it.
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The North of England has significantly less woodland cover than the rest of the country, but not for much longer. With our partners we are planting 50 million trees and transforming the landscape of northern England.
Our work is guided by science and, in turn, continues to build and improve on the evidence base for the future.
We adopt a holistic, landscape-scale approach in many areas of our work.
Protecting trees and woods
Find out how our restoration work is encouraging ancient woodland to recover and reverse years of decline.
Plant trees
If you’re looking to plant lots of trees, we have the trees, grants and funding schemes to help.
Trees woods and wildlife
Learn more about the pests and diseases threatening our trees. Find out how to spot them, the symptoms and outlook, and how you can help.
Climate change
When it comes to climate change, our message is clear: native woods and trees are one of the best ways to tackle the climate crisis.
Protecting trees and woods
Together we can stand up for the environment and safeguard the UK's woodland heritage for our future.