{"id":280910,"date":"2025-11-24T16:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280910\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:51:07","slug":"south-downs-national-park-set-to-beat-tree-planting-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280910\/","title":{"rendered":"South Downs National Park set to beat tree planting target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A target has been set to plant one million more trees between now and 2035, with the SDNPA now focusing on identifying suitable sites for tree planting, including new woodland and hedges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The potential new area of woodland would be more than twice the size of Brighton &amp; Hove and could store up to 37,667,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide after 100 years, according to the SDNPA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nick Heasman, SDNPA forester and ecologist, said of the campaign: &#8220;The reaction has been nothing short of extraordinary and I think it underlines people&#8217;s affection for trees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In a tough and uncertain world, trees really are a symbol of hope and restoration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Planting a variety of native species, in the right place, continues to be our focus and will be crucial to tackling biodiversity loss and a changing climate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Additional reporting by PA Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A target has been set to plant one million more trees between now and 2035, with the SDNPA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-280910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}