Government must incentivise farmer tree planting to help achieve UK net zero ambitions

Farmers must decide voluntarily to engage in tree planting activities and receive fair rewards for their delivery of public goods, the NFU has said.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Government must incentivise farmer tree planting to help achieve UK net zero ambitions

Farmers must decide voluntarily to engage in tree planting activities and receive fair rewards for their delivery of public goods, the NFU has said. It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 10-point...

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