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<p>Forestry is a devolved matter and these figures apply to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The
Government remains committed to planting 11 million trees this parliament, and to
the shared aspiration of reaching 12% woodland cover in England by 2060.</p><p> </p><p>We
have amended our main grant schemes to make applications easier by streamlining the
application processes, opening the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation window
all year round and reducing the threshold of applications from 30 hectares to 10 hectares
for Woodland Carbon Fund applications. We have invested £5.7 million in the new Northern
Forest; and announced a further £10 million for urban trees and £50 million for the
Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We have planted approximately 16 million
trees in England since 2010, of which approximately 437,000 have been planted across
Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.</p>
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