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Tree Champion supports Daily Mail’s ‘Be a Tree Angel’ campaign and RPA makes payments to thousands of rural businesses

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Launched on 23 November to mark the start of National Tree Week, The Daily Mail’s ongoing tree planting campaign continues with positive coverage today of a £100,000 donation to the papers ‘Be a tree angel’ campaign. Philanthropist and restaurateur Richard …

£50m Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme launch and responsible dog ownership report

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Image of large leafy trees.

On Monday 4 November 2019, alongside the Forestry Commission, Defra announced the launch of the £50m Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG) to help boost tree-planting rates in the fight against climate change. The announcement has been covered in trade outlets including …

Consultation on trophy hunting imports and exports to the UK is launched

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The blackbuck, with its characteristic screw horns on a grassland.

Today we're looking at positive coverage in the Daily Mirror and Independent, alongside a comment piece by Minister Goldsmith, on the launch of the government’s consultation and call for evidence on options to restrict the imports and exports of hunting trophies to the UK.