Our impact
Growing more trees for Greater Manchester
In Greater Manchester, we want to increase on the UK ambition of increasing national tree cover to 16.5% by 2050, to achieve a total area across Greater Manchester of of 17% tree cover (from a recently measured baseline of 15%) – an additional 2,500 hectares of canopy cover. This will be by at least as early as 2035, the horizon of the Greater Manchester Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
This is an ambitious goal due to our urban and fragmented landscape but we are optimistic that, with continued support we can accelerate planting rates even further.
Ultimately, as in other Community Forest areas, we would like to see Greater Manchester achieve 30% canopy cover, where that is appropriate and needed the most. This would be a multi-generational project.