Forests: Climate Change and Ecology
Commons · Question 77907 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Paul Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that newly created woodlands are (a) ecologically diverse and (b) climate-resilient.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Oct 2025
Both the Woodland Creation Planning Grant and England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) enables landowners to design woodlands that fit with their own and Government objectives for woodland creation. EWCO includes maintenance grants for 15 years to ensure su...