Community forests in England
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". England's community forests are afforestation-based regeneration projects[1] which were established in the early 1990s.[2] Each of them is a partnership between the Forestry Commission and the Countryside Agency, which are agencies of the British government, and the relevant local councils.
Most of the designated areas are close to large cities and contain large amounts of brownfield, underused and derelict land. When the forests were created the average forest cover in the designated areas was 6.9%, and the target is to increase this to 30% over about 30 years. As most of the land is in private ownership the schemes rely mainly on providing landowners with incentives to plant trees. However the forests contain areas of publicly accessible open land, and increasing public access is one of the objectives.
The table below lists the community forests. As some of them straddle county boundaries they are listed by region and town or city.
| Forest | Region | City | Area | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest of Avon | Bristol and Avon | Bristol | Script error: No such module "convert". | [1] |
| Great Western Community Forest | Swindon and surrounding area | Swindon | Script error: No such module "convert". | [2] |
| Greenwood Community Forest | West Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | Script error: No such module "convert". | [3] |
| Forest of Marston Vale | Bedford to Milton Keynes | Bedford | Script error: No such module "convert". | [4] |
| Forest of Mercia | Staffordshire and West Midlands | Birmingham | Script error: No such module "convert". | [5] |
| Mersey Forest | Merseyside and north Cheshire | Liverpool | Script error: No such module "convert". | [6] |
| City of Trees | Greater Manchester | Manchester | Script error: No such module "convert". | [7] |
| Humber Forest | East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull and North Lincolnshire | Hull | Script error: No such module "convert". | [8] |
| Thames Chase | Bruntwood, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Thurrock and Essex | London | Script error: No such module "convert". | [9] |
| White Rose Forest | Leeds City, North and West Yorkshire | Leeds | Script error: No such module "convert". | [10] |
See also
References
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