Uni's plan to plant millions of trees

Work to plant a new woodland got underway during National Tree Week, supporting a University of Stirling led initiative to plant millions of trees across the region.

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Forth Climate Forest is an ambitious project that aims to plant 16 million trees by 2033, helping adapt the Forth Valley to the extremes of flooding and temperatures that climate change will bring.

To mark National Tree Week a group coordinated by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the initiative's delivery partner in Clackmannanshire, supported the creation of a new woodland near Beechwood in Sauchie - where over 6000 native trees will be planted.

The Scottish Government has provided £460,000 for the Forth Climate Forest initiative this yearsupporting the delivery of social and environmental benefits across the Forth Valley region.