Thousands of trees will be planted to help create new Lanarkshire woodland
The new Clyde Climate Forest will see 18 million trees planted during the next decade
Pupils from Cathedral Primary in Motherwell marked the launch of the Clyde climate forest by joining Glasgow city council leader Susan Aitken to plant trees at Cart & Kittoch woodland (Image: Contributed/Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser)
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A new woodland strategy for Glasgow City Region aims to plant 18 million more trees in the next decade Picture: Colin Mearns IT IS a city that boasts more public parks than than any other in the UK, with 90 evenly spread across both sides of the River Clyde. Now, in the year Glasgow is to host the UN Climate Change Conference or Cop26 as it is better known, an ambitious plan has been unveiled that aims to increase the number of trees in the “dear green place” and beyond by 18 million over the next decade. Currently, the Glasgow City Region’s forests and woodlands cover about 60,000 hectares, but a new woodland strategy highlights that a further 9,000 hectares could be planted.
CLIMATE FOR CHANGE
New green network is a breath of fresh air Most of us have explored every nook and cranny in our local neighbourhoods in the last 12 months, appreciating local shops and cafes, back lanes and pathways, and those vital, restorative green spaces. Rocket science it may not be, but a renewed focus on small neighbourhoods is among the solutions to the dual climate and ecological crises, and it offers a route towards creating a sustainable future. It is one of the aims outlined in an ambitious blueprint from the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership. The Partnership, which brings together eight local authorities, environmental bodies and health organisations, identifies priorities and strategies that will accelerate the delivery of “Green Networks” across a large area of the west of Scotland. But it all starts with a single doorstep.
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