Telegraph: The Woodland Trust said it had been “shocked” to learn that no new government grants are set to be offered to landowners next year or in 2015 while changes to the Common Agricultural Policy are being considered.
Stopping the provision of new funding would have a “massive impact” on England’s woodland and cause the extent of woodland, and the number of trees in towns and cities, to decline, it said.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said a consultation on the policy was…