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<p>As part of the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government is providing £5.7m to support
the existing Northern Forest (NF) partnership of the Community Forests and the Woodland
Trust to accelerate and develop the NF. This four-year kick-start investment will
fund the planting of at least 1.8m new trees across the NF by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Of
the £5.7m funding, £5.2m is allocated to be spent on trees and £500,000 on supporting
the NF partnership with administration and project management. None of our £5.7m investment
is allocated for land acquisition.</p>
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