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Destruction of more than 100 trees in Plymouth highlights weakness of protections, says Woodland Trust
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Destruction of more than 100 trees in Plymouth highlights weakness of protections, says Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust reacts to publication of ELMS policy - from HortWeek
Council data shows at least 80 local authorities are not recording if trees planted as part of a Government initiative to increase woodland in England and help climate change are surviving.
Local authorities spend more than £11m of taxpayers' cash on schemes but often fail to record survival rate
Devastation wreaked by Storm Arwen in November last year brought down 8,164 acres of woodland in England. 31,506 acres were felled in the UK last year or 39million to 52million trees.