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<p>The Government does not have a statutory duty to collate numbers of ancient and
veteran trees. The Natural England and Forestry Commission <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences&data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314420526%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xN0rQT88Dch7mlc7uWp6yKGJlOwQ3Bho49fCXab5TFc%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Standing Advice on Ancient Woodland, Ancient and Veteran Trees</a>,
available at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences&data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314420526%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xN0rQT88Dch7mlc7uWp6yKGJlOwQ3Bho49fCXab5TFc%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">gov.uk/guidance/ancient-woodland-and-veteran-trees-protection-surveys-licences</a>,
directs users to the Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Inventory which is collated by
volunteers around the country: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fati.woodlandtrust.org.uk%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C6a000b804d5743d04c1a08d93a2c8ee4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604785314430515%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LaVsh6gsgYALjY8uziWlW0uCYJAScGd8bT%2FYUQJy3vE%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/</a>. The Ancient Tree Inventory
currently lists 160,000 ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK.</p><p>In
2019, we also announced that Government would give the Woodland Trust £210,000 to
work with Natural England to update the Ancient Woodland Inventory which identifies
over 53,000 ancient woodland sites in England.</p>
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