A ‘Forest of Britain’ running from Land’s End in Cornwall to John O’Groats in the north of Scotland should be planted by the next UK government, a think tank has said. The project would serve to connect various existing conservation sites and could be established as part of the celebrations of the Queen’s platinum jubilee in 2022. Alongside celebrating the UK’s natural landscapes, the project would also help encourage ecotourism, support British timber and help combat climate change. The proposal forms part of the Policy Exchange’s ‘Bigger, Better Forests’ report which considers UK land use post-Brexit, outside the EU Common Agricultural Policy. Scroll down for video A ‘Forest of Britain’ running from Land’s End in Cornwall to John O’Groats in the north of Scotland should be planted by the next UK government, a think tank has said WHAT IS THE ‘FOREST OF BRITAIN’? The ‘Forest of Britain’ is a proposal by the ‘Policy Exchange’ think tank. It would see a two-mile wide forest planted that ran from Land’s End to John O’Groats.The forest would link up various natural reserves — including Dartmoor and the North Pennines.Such an extensive development would likely end up containing around 300 million trees. It would aim to support the… Read full this story
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