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Forests and climate change



The Woodland Carbon Code

The Forestry Commission is developing standards for voluntary carbon sequestration projects.  Find out more

UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

The Copenhagen Accord, agreed in December 2009, gives international backing to a number of commitments towards further global action on climate change. The Accord reinforces the need for strong domestic action. Trees and woodlands have an important role to play.

The Read Report

An independent assessment (The Read Report) of the science concerning UK forests and climate change - 'Combating Climate Change - a role for UK forests' - was published in November 2009. The Read Report - Find out more about forests and climate change in the UK

Landscape restoration

Forests for the 21st century video Halting deforestation is critical but we must restore our lost forests too.