A NEW strategy aimed at significantly increasing tree cover in Teignbridge is in need of local input.
Teignbridge Council hopes that through partnership working and promoting best practice tree management, the quality of the tree canopy cover across the district can be improved and area increased by 3% over the life of a five year tree-planting strategy.
The council says that recognising the benefits trees provide and the increasingly important role they play in mitigating the effects of climate change, flood amelioration and pollution control, the Council has produced its first tree strategy.
Primariy focusing on what the council can do on the land it owns, the strategy – the right tree in the right place - sets an ambitious goal of increasing Teignbridge’s tree canopy cover from the current 22 per cent to the Woodland Trust’s target of 25 per cent, reducing the impact that can be caused by climate change and disease.
In addition to 22 hectares of woodland, the Council manages a significant tree stock in nature reserves, parks and open spaces, cemeteries and closed churchyards. Across the district, Teignbridge has 179 tree species and the woodlands in particular provide both important local visual landscape features as well as important habitats. To have your say on where trees should be planted, visit: www.teignbridge.gov.uk/treestrategy