Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

YEARS

2021

CAMPAIGNS

NATURE

#CreateATree – Creative Arts Competition WINNERS!

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1st Jan 2021

We loved celebrating trees with your fantastic photographs that you sent us for our Photogratree Competition and to further this creative celebration of trees we have a new Creative Arts Competition - CreateATree

Grow a Tree, Plant a Forest, Campaign for Trees

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30th Oct 2020

Trees help us in a number of ways, such as by absorbing air pollutants, improving open spaces and thus benefiting our physical and mental health, and reducing the risk of floods. However, the UK’s tree cover is only 11.8%, which …

Ideas for trees to plant

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take action

12th Oct 2020

Wherever you live, and whether you are looking for a single tree to fit in a corner of a small back garden or dozens to plant in a field or the grounds of a public building, native species are usually …

Manchester Friends of the Earth response to the English Tree Strategy consultation

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13th Sep 2020

The government recently held a public consultation on its new England Tree Strategy – a crucial policy on the future of trees in England. Friends of the Earth argues that we need this new strategy to double tree cover if we’re …

Revealed: unpublished government data shows England has enough land to triple tree cover

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news release

23rd Jul 2020

Friends of the Earth has analysed unpublished Forestry Commission data and found that there is enough suitable land in England to triple tree cover in England, without impacting on other Priority Habitats such as peat bogs.

Ash dieback disease

nature

1st Jul 2020

Friends of the Earth’s campaign to double UK tree cover is taking place against the background of the most serious disease to affect Britain’s trees since Dutch elm disease arrived in the 1970s. Ash dieback disease was first found in …

Call for a more ambitious England Tree Strategy

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take action

21st Jun 2020

The government has launched a public consultation on its new England Tree Strategy – a crucial policy on the future of trees in England. So now’s the chance to have your say.

English Tree Strategy consultation launched: Friends of the Earth challenges lack of target

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news release

19th Jun 2020

Strategy will be used to decide how the £640 million ‘nature for climate fund’ will be spent to deliver on tree planting commitments Friends of the Earth is campaigning to double tree cover as part of the fight against climate and nature breakdown The government …

Tree preservation orders

nature

15th Jun 2020

Tree preservation orders (TPOs) are used to protect trees which have significant impact on the environment or high amenity value, under Section 198 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.

Spending on trees 25 times lower in England than in Scotland

nature

news release

21st Apr 2020

Westminster’s strategy for creating more woodland has a huge imbalance. It’s failing to do nearly enough in England, while leaving Scotland to do the heavy lifting.

Photogratree Competition #foemcrtree

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event report

22nd Mar 2020

Calling all budding nature photographers! Our photo competition closes midday Sunday 20th June!

Friends of the Earth reacts to National Trust’s woodland expansion plans

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news release

9th Jan 2020

Responding to the National Trust’s plans for woodland creation, Guy Shrubsole, tree campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said:

Celebrate the ‘Twelve Trees of Christmas’ with Friends of the Earth

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news release

17th Dec 2019

We’re celebrating our native tree species that work year-round fighting the climate crisis, providing homes and food to wildlife, and giving protection from extreme weather such as floods and heatwaves.

Seeing the wood for the trees: where next for our trees campaign?

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10th Dec 2019

Tree planting and climate breakdown were high up the agenda during the General Election. But we need to ramp up the level of ambition from landowners and politicians. From rewilding to agroforestry, campaigners Guy Shrubsole and Danny Gross discuss what's needed to achieve systemic change and double tree cover.

National Tree Week 2019

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1st Dec 2019

Saturday 23rd November saw the start of National Tree Week (23rd November – 1st December) and is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, marking the start of the winter tree planting season. To celebrate trees we posted the ‘Tree of the Day’ with details …

Tree of the day – Holly

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To celebrate trees we are posting the ‘Tree of the Day’ with details of the trees you are likely to see if you are out and about in Greater Manchester.

Tree of the Day – Birch

nature

30th Nov 2019

To celebrate trees we are posting the ‘Tree of the Day’ with details of the trees you are likely to see if you are out and about in Greater Manchester.

Friends of the Earth reacts to Labour Party’s pledge to plant two billion trees by 2040

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news release

27th Nov 2019

Responding to the Labour Party’s 'Plan for Nature' (to be delivered in speech by Jeremy Corbyn at 11am on 28.11) Guy Shrubsole, tree campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said:

More trees please…. a fun Sunday planting 500 trees in Sunnybank Park.

nature

event report

26th Nov 2019

During National Tree Week 2019 Manchester Friends of the Earth joined forces with City of Trees and Tameside Council to plant 500 trees in Sunnybank Park during.

Call on your councillors to double tree cover

nature

25th Nov 2019

After centuries of clearing forests, woodlands now only cover 13% of the UK – less than half the European average. This has to change.

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