6 December 2016
The prestigious newspaper The Guardian has picked up on the issue of forest loss in England, providing a priceless media platform for both Confor and the Woodland Trust to highlight concerns over the lack of tree planting in England.
The Guardian quoted Stuart Goodall and Austin Brady who warn that deforestation is not only a challenge in the developing world. England may have tipped into deforestation, with more trees being cut down than planted for the first time in possibly 40 years.
Stuart Goodall, chief executive of Confor, the trade association for the UK forestry industry, said planting was at its lowest level in England in more than 40 years. “Forests are being lost to development and infrastructure; we are cutting a lot and planting so few, so it may be that England is technically deforesting,” said Goodall.