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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.

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NATURE

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.

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:

National Tree Week: Friends of the Earth reveals areas with lowest tree cover are neglected by government tree planting

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news release

25th Nov 2019

With National Tree Week - and the winter tree planting season underway (started 23rd November), Friends of the Earth has today (25 Nov) revealed the areas in England with the lowest levels of tree cover. The organisation has combined historic data from Bluesky’s National Tree Map™ with data on government funded tree planting in England between 2010 and 2018 - highlighting that many of the places with low tree cover have done little in recent years to put this right.

More Trees Please – Join City of Trees and Friends of the Earth to plant 500 trees in Sunnybank Park, Tameside

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news release

21st Nov 2019

With National Tree Week - and the winter tree planting season - starting on 23rd November, Manchester Friends of the Earth are joining forces with City of Trees and Tameside Council to plant 500 trees in Sunnybank Park, Droylsden on Sunday 24th November.

More Trees Please – Government spending less than £1 per person on trees

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news release

19th Nov 2019

Revealed: Government spending less than £1 per person on trees

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news release

With National Tree Week - and the winter tree planting season - starting on 23rd November, Friends of the Earth has published analysis showing the governments of England, Wales and Scotland spend less than £1 per person per year on trees*. This drops to just 20p per head when focussing on England. Scotland has increased its forestry budgets for 2019-20.

Friends of the Earth responds to tree planting announcements from Conservatives and Lib Dems

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news release

16th Nov 2019

Responding to today's tree planting announcements from the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats, Emi Murphy, Friends of the Earth trees campaigner, said: "Bolder policies announced from the Conservatives and Lib Dems today are a solid start, but we need greater ambition from all parties to urgently respond to the climate emergency.

Government to ban moorland burning – Friends of the Earth reaction

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news release

29th Oct 2019

A Government pledge to ban moorland burning on blanket peat bog has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.

Final woodland statistics 2019: Friends of the Earth calls for huge boost to tree planting

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news release

26th Sep 2019

"The government shouts from the rooftops about fighting climate breakdown and protecting the world’s forests but is completely failing on trees right under its nose."

UK gears up for hottest ever day, Friends of the Earth calls for more trees to protect us from extreme heat

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news release

25th Jul 2019

“Having more trees in our towns and cities will lower temperatures, provide shade and absorb carbon emissions to help avert climate breakdown in the first place."

Friends of the Earth reveals the frontlines in the fight for trees

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news release

19th Jun 2019

Marking 100 years since the UK started a tree planting drive, environmental organisation shows the communities most in need of trees and where they are fighting the hardest to save them.

Provisional woodland statistics 2019: Friends of the Earth calls for huge boost to tree planting

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news release

13th Jun 2019

Figures show that planting of new trees, and replacing those felled, in England is at an historic low.

IPBES biodiversity report: Friends of the Earth calls for UK government to step up to avoid catastrophic nature decline

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news release

7th May 2019

Friends of the Earth is calling on the UK to take responsibility and halt this ecological crisis - by drastically stepping up protection and restoration of our own nature and addressing our role in global biodiversity decline; including our own consumption of imported products – such as soy - from nature depleted areas.

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