{"id":33715,"date":"2021-03-11T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=33715"},"modified":"2021-03-11T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:52:50","slug":"sheffield-city-council-receive-massive-investment-to-protect-green-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/sheffield-city-council-receive-massive-investment-to-protect-green-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield City Council Receive Massive Investment to Protect Green Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sheffield will receive \u00a3180,000 to plant and protect trees as part of The Woodland Trust\u2019s \u2018Emergency Tree Fund\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield City Council will receive just over 6% of the \u00a32.9 million fund that aims to help cash-strapped local authorities create more green spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Bond, Senior PR officer at the Woodland Trust, said: \u201cIt will give local communities the green spaces on their doorsteps that are desperately needed, and which have shown to be so important for people during the current pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After several years of controversial tree felling, the council\u2019s decision to support the fund provides more evidence of environmentally conscious decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>John Tucker, the Woodland Trust\u2019s director of woodland outreach, said: \u201cThe Fund has the power to inspire tree planting and woodland creation and galvanise the need to treasure trees and green spaces in neighbourhoods across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the country\u2019s fight against Covid has shown is how communities have come together in a time of crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the pandemic hopefully abates, getting outside and planting, maintaining and enjoying trees will be a way for this spirit to be harnessed once again in a different but very important way &#8211; to tackle the climate and nature crises which also affect us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield is one of 11 councils benefitting from the fund and the Woodland Trust aims to expand the scheme further in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This is a key part of the charity\u2019s recently-announced ambitious aim to establish 50 million more trees across the UK by 2025. The Woodland Trust says this will help tackle both the nature and climate crises.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2019, the UK parliament made a commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and it\u2019s movements like the Emergency Tree Fund that will contribute significantly to achieving that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield will receive \u00a3180,000 to plant and protect trees as part of The Woodland Trust\u2019s \u2018Emergency Tree Fund\u2019. Sheffield City Council will receive just over 6% of the \u00a32.9 million fund that aims to help cash-strapped local authorities create more green spaces. 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