{"id":74415,"date":"2022-03-24T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=74415"},"modified":"2022-03-26T18:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T18:27:47","slug":"the-national-forest-of-wales-a-tall-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/the-national-forest-of-wales-a-tall-order","title":{"rendered":"The National Forest of Wales: regenerating woodland is a tall order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wales wants to regenerate its woodland with The National Forest of Wales<\/em> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2018 Mark Drakeford, now First Minister of Wales, promised to create the National Forest of Wales<\/a><\/em>, a project that aims to see woodland span the “length and breadth” of Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project, now a reality, sees organisations such as Natural Resources Wales<\/a> and the Woodlands Trust (Coed Cadw)<\/a> working to maintain new and old woodlands across the country in order to readdress the impact of the timber industry and to tackle climate change. Grants are also available for woodlands which could enhance or add to the National Forest of Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst the target of planting 4,000 hectares of trees per year hasn’t yet been reached according to Government statistics, smaller initiatives such as #mytreeourforest, which is being piloted this March, are making progress in a different way – by changing attitudes<\/em> towards climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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