Utility Warehouse, the UK’s leading multiservice supplier, has teamed up with Moor Trees, to help restore and regenerate native woodland across Dartmoor.
This partnership will see up to 90,000 trees from local provenance stock planted in the Dartmoor area over the next three winters. They are currently being grown in our two community tree nurseries. Utility Warehouse’s commitment of £270,000 will help Moor Trees scale and grow over the lifetime of the partnership.
The aim is to increase native broadleaf woodland cover and expand and restore the region’s temperate rainforest, a rare and declining habitat. Temperate rainforest is found in areas of oceanic climate, with high rainfall and humidity without extremes of temperature. This creates lush conditions, perfect for numerous plants, lichens and other wildlife, and they are excellent stores of carbon. Dartmoor is one of the few places in the UK with existing fragments of temperate rainforest along with potential sites for future rainforests.
These woodlands play an important role in providing a climate-resilient landscape and a place where wildlife can thrive. It’s the biggest corporate partnership Moor Trees has entered into to date. To achieve the partnership’s ambitious aim, Moor Trees is encouraging local landowners to collaborate and plant more trees on their land, to help restore nature and create valuable new habitats.
Helen Aldis, Chief Executive of Moor Trees says: “Moor Trees was set up to restore native woodland and breathe life back into Dartmoor. This partnership provides much needed support to help us increase and grow our woodland creation activities across the next three years, with the aim of doubling the number of trees planted this winter compared to last. We are really excited about working with Utility Warehouse to support their commitment to increasing the number of trees planted in the UK and the role this plays in mitigating climate change and creating habitats rich in biodiversity.”
Julia Denham, Head of Sustainability at Utility Warehouse, says: ‘We’re extremely proud of the incredible projects and natural spaces that our commitment to tree planting is helping to create. We’re pleased we can support Moor Trees’ efforts to revive the temperate rainforest habitats of Dartmoor. Through our commitment to support the planting of 90,000 trees, we hope to help restore the biodiversity in the UK and play our part in tackling climate change while ensuring local communities have access to the benefits of nature for many years to come.”
Moor Trees wants to engage and inspire more landowners to introduce trees into the landscape, for example, through expanding or connecting existing woodland, making space for natural regeneration or creating new woodlands that could, in the right location, become the temperate rainforests of the future. The team at Moor Trees offer expert advice and guidance on woodland creation, along with a reliable local provenance tree supply and planting service, delivered by a growing team of volunteers. This new partnership offers a remarkable opportunity for landowners on Dartmoor to consider planting trees and play a valuable role in nature’s recovery.
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