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OUR
FUTURE
CANOPY
A FORESTRY MANIFESTOFOR ENGLAND”SNORTHWESTMAY 2011
Developed by the NorthwestForestry Forum partners from 2008onwards, our manifesto haswidespread regional support andencompasses the following aims:
TREES
We will radically increase treeplanting and double woodlandcover.
CITIES
We will bring a cool green revolutionto our towns and cities.
CLIMATE
We will cut carbon and get ready forclimate change.
WOOD
We will produce more timber anduse more timber.
JOBS
We will support green jobs andgreen skills.
HAPPINESS
BEAUTY
FEBRUARY 2011
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INTRODUCTIONImagine,
for
a
moment,
asking
a
team
of
gifted
engineers
to
invent
a
single
device
that
could
absorb
and
then
lock
up
carbon,
provide
a
carbon
neutral
building
material
or
energy
source,
help
stabilise
vulnerable
soils,
provide
a
flood
management
system
and
offer
a
source
of
shade
and
cooling
as
the
planet’s
temperatures
begin
to
rise.
And then imagine asking them tomake it a beautiful and inspiringobject too, one that created awildlife habitat and pollution filter, toboot, an object that made virtuallyevery human being feel happier. Across England’s Northwest wehave a singular opportunity: toplace trees and woodland centrestage in our region’s future. Wewant to double our regionalwoodland cover by 2050 and in theprocess deliver a greener, lowercarbon and more prosperous futureto forthcoming generations.This bold ambition is the focus ofour Forestry Manifesto and is borneout of a desire to tackle climatechange head on, to improve ourregion’s image, provide a richer andmore accessible naturalenvironment and to create genuineopportunities for job creation andenterprise.Our forestry manifesto covers thewhole of the Northwest region:Cheshire, Cumbria, GreaterManchester, Lancashire andMerseyside. It fuses both urban andrural issues (an unhelpful schism inthese convergent times) andunashamedly retains a
regional
focus, as so many of the issues ittouches upon connect our cities,towns, communities and landscapestogether.
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A manifesto published in the Northwest of England proposing a doubling of woodland cover to cut carbon emissions, create jobs and enhance our natural environment.
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