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<p>As promised in our manifesto, we have committed to planting 11 million trees during
this Parliament, which we plan to do primarily through the Rural Development Programme’s
Countryside Stewardship scheme. This scheme aims to invest £18 million in new woodland
planting each year. A number of other initiatives are also in place, including the
Woodland Carbon Code, to attract other funding to ensure that planting rates are maintained
at the average level over the previous Programme of 2,600 hectares per year. This
will, according to the most recent greenhouse gas inventory projections, increase
the amount of carbon removed by England’s woodlands from 5.0 million tonnes carbon
dioxide in 2014 to 5.9 million tonnes in 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also
remain strongly supportive of sector-led initiatives, such as Grown in Britain and
the Roots to Prosperity strategy, in their work to develop and strengthen the woodland
economy and thereby attract further private investment to help increase woodland creation
capacity.</p><p> </p>
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