Gloucestershire fruit tree project aims to tackle climate change

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Hundreds of trees have been given away in Gloucestershire to replace those lost to ash dieback.

Gloucestershire Orchard Trust's Martin Hayes said the scheme had been very popular in its first yearGloucestershire Orchard Trust has given away 450 trees to individuals and community orchards free of charge, to replace ones that have been lost to the disease ash dieback in recent years.The scheme is part of a Woodland Trust rewilding project to encourage wildlife and give people access to fruit.

"So there's lots of different reasons why fruit trees are really good. They're dense foliage, spaces you can walk by quite easily and you can eat an apple, or a cherry or a plum," added Mr Hayes.Beth Birdwood said the project is helping her encourage diverse wildlife into her orchard "Martin has given us some great advice on encouraging the right sorts of wildlife into the orchard for pollinating the trees," she said.

 

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And this impacts Chinese coal power how Get realistic.

The entire UK produces only 1% of global carbon dioxide; this will have no meaningful effect on climate. Just do it because trees are nice.

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