Claim: The government projects that the yearly area of afforestation in the UK will decrease from 13,300 hectares in 2021 to 7,500 hectares by 2025.
Fact-check: The Government is not expecting tree planting to almost halve by 2025 - Full Fact
Verdict: this isn't correct. the figure published by the government for 2021 relates to the whole of the uk, while projections for later years only relate to tree planting in england. this isn't made clear in the published data.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-04-13T00:00:00