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<p>As part of the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government is providing £5.7 million
to support the existing Northern Forest Partnership of the Community Forests and the
Woodland Trust to accelerate develop the Northern Forest. This four-year kick-start
investment will fund the planting of at least 1.8 million new trees across the Northern
Forest by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>1) In year one (2018/19) our investment funded the planting
of 103,980 trees against a planting target of 100,000 trees.</p><p> </p><p>2) Our
investment is for four delivery years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22). Over the
remaining 3 years it will fund the planting of a further 1.7 million trees.</p><p>
</p><p>3) It will fund the planting of new trees in parts of the North York Moors,
Yorkshire Dales and Peak District. The majority of planting will be in the counties
of Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Humber. We
do not have a breakdown for individual local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>4) It will
fund the planting of at least 300,000 trees in cities and other urban areas over four
years (2018/19 – 2021/22). 55,360 trees were planted in urban areas in year one.</p><p>
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