Supporting statement from DEFRA
“Initiatives like ‘Tree Appeal’ help support the Government’s strategy for sustainable development, with its aims of integrating our objectives on social progress, effective protection of the environment, prudent use of natural resources and high and stable levels of economic growth and employment to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come”
Jim Knight MP,
Minister for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity, DEFRA
6th August 2005