We can’t keep chopping down trees without harming ourselves | Emma Mitchell

The UK’s abundant woodland has proven health benefits. That’s why Network Rail’s destructive scheme must be opposedIn 2001 there were 1.3bn trees in England. That’s 25 for every person in the country, the highest numbers since the first world war. One article predicted that in 2020 there would be more trees in England than in 1086, when 15% of the country was cloaked in woodland. Part of the reason for this buoyant outlook was the country’s response to the great sto