While developing countries face the brunt of environmental criticism for global deforestation, England may have harvested more trees than planted for the first time since 1976, according to The Guardian.
England planted 1,730 acres of trees in 2015–2016, well below the government’s goal of more than 12,000 acres, Austin Brady, conservation director of the Woodland Trust charity, told the paper. Tree planting hasn’t reached the government’s goal since 2006, he added.
“We think we are losing trees faster than we are planting them,” he said. “It is difficult to say exactly because the government does not hold records of all trees felled. But technically, we may be in a state of deforestation.”
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