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<p>The Government welcomes the State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021 report which
is the first to present important facts and trends focusing predominantly on native
woods and trees, and trees in towns and cities within the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are
working to increase tree production in our domestic nursery sector. This will build
on current facilities and explore innovative ideas and technologies to improve production
capacity. This is necessary to create a resilient, healthy, and genetically diverse
planting stock, which is ready for our future climate. We have taken a number of steps
to ensure domestically sourced and grown trees meet demand:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Supporting
activities to enhance production, processing and supply of UK tree seeds from a wider
range of species and provenances.</li><li>Transforming Forestry England seed processing
and nursery facilities, at the same time providing capital grants to allow private
nurseries to enhance productivity.</li><li>Working with the industry to increase the
uptake of the ‘Plant Healthy’ assurance scheme which helps improve biosecurity and
reduce the risk of planting unhealthy stock.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Over the last three
years, 100 percent of trees planted by Forestry England are UK grown, meaning all
trees supplied to Natural Resources Wales and Forestry and Land Scotland are UK grown.</p>
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