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Protecting our ecological heritage for us and future generations
Trees are the longest-lived organisms in the world. They provide homes and food for innumerable species of birds, mammals and insects. By planting trees today we are ensuring the survival of species threatened by habitat loss, maintaining the ecosystems on which our lives depend and safeguarding our ecological heritage for future generations.
 A tree is the basic building block for much of our environment. Trees provide woodland habitats for a wide range of plants, bugs, birds and animals.
We have an aging population of broad leaf trees in the UK. A large number of them are in their latter years and are vulnerable to storm damage and natural decay. Nineteen million trees were destroyed in the storms of 1987 and 1990. More than thirty million were killed by Dutch Elm Disease. We need to act now to secure the future of our woodlands.
Over the last 50 years nearly half of the UK's ancient, semi-natural woodland has been cleared or converted to commercial plantations. Our destruction of UK woodland habitat during the last century has seen more than one hundred species of animals become extinct. Many more are on the endangered list. Nearly a fifth of Britain's wild plants and flowers are under threat and the chances of seeing many of them in the wild are growing slimmer by the year. We can start to turn things round by planting trees.
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