Why Plant a Tree?
Why plant a tree? Join in the first event of the TDAG 2023 seminar series considering How to plant a tree.
Urban trees help address many of the challenges of modern society including mitigating carbon emissions, contributing to climate resilience and adaptation, restoring natural capital and increasing biodiversity, enabling and facilitating active travel, and promoting mental and physical well-being. In the last few years, tree planting has never been higher on social and political agendas, and there are numerous national (e.g. Local Authority Treescape Fund, Urban Tree Challenge Fund, Nature for Climate Fund) and regional (e.g. Severn Trent Commonwealth Forests) initiatives for planting trees. Trees are becoming increasingly embedded in national and local policies and strategies including: England Trees Action Plan; 2021 Revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework, particularly clause 131; the Re-Treefit campaign from the RTPI; and city-scale policies such as Birmingham’s Urban Forest Master Plan or Wycombe and Cornwall Councils integrating sites-focused canopy covers targets into to their Local Plans. The current resource and policy for tree planting present an unprecedented opportunity to provide equitable access to urban trees and help address broader urban inequalities, linking into the Levelling Up agenda. With so many good reasons to plant a tree, how can we prioritise planting locations, and strategically design urban green infrastructure? This session will consider the 3-30-300 rule in practice, and provide local authority perspectives.
Time: 14:00 GMT
