ready encouraged woodland pro- jects in parts of the country where tree planting has been lower in recent years. The average price of bids accepted in the second auc- tion was £19.71 per woodland car- bon unit.
Long-term uncertainty The government plans to increase planting to 30,000ha annually across the UK by 2025. Forest- ry minister Zac Goldsmith said: “This scheme provides landown- ers with the long-term certainty of a guaranteed payment rate for carbon, which their trees lock up and store. “From helping to reduce car-
bon emissions, encouraging biodi- versity and nature recovery, and improving people’s health and wellbeing, the benefits of trees are undeniable. I urge all land managers to consider planting roots and to sign up to the Wood- land Carbon Guarantee.” Before applying for the Guar-
antee, land managers will need to have registered with the Wood- land Carbon Code.
£2m project to investigate oak tree health
A pioneering £2m project to in- vestigate the health of British oak trees has been given the go- ahead thanks to government funding.
The project will focus on acute oak decline – an emerging disease which causes stem le- sions on native species of British oak. It is funded by the Biotech- nology and Biological Scienc- es Research Council, Natural Environment Research Coun- cil, Defra and the Scottish gov- ernment. Researchers will include a multidisciplinary team led by Sandra Denman at Forest Re- search – and includes the Uni- versity of the West of England, Rothamsted Research, Bangor University and Aberystwyth University.
The project builds on previ- ous research conducted by Dr
Denman and her collaborators, and addresses research priori- ties identified by the Action Oak partnership and outlined in the government’s Tree Health and Resilience Strategy.
Climate change Dr Denman said: “Our trees face an ever increasing pressure from pest and disease threats and environmental stresses aligned with climate change. Through this project our aim is to help boost the resilience of oak and secure their future in our landscape.” Acute oak decline is a combination of factors which cause oak trees to become stressed. Scientists say envi- ronmental stresses like soil conditions, drought, waterlog- ging and pollution can all im- pact the tree.
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