PM 38 - Carry out urban tree planting and prioritise tree planting in areas with low tree equity scores
- Code
- PM 38
- Measure
- Carry out urban tree planting and prioritise tree planting in areas with low tree equity scores
- Description
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Increased urban tree canopy will help mitigate against climate change by reducing flood risk through rainfall interception and reducing heat levels through shading. Tree equity measures the level of access communities may have to the benefits of trees within their area. Some built environment areas lack tree cover and should form the focus of tree planting activities to improve their equity. It is important to consider the “right tree, right place” to ensure that the benefits of tree planting can be maximised. Specimen trees, hedgerows, fruit and nut trees or even small community orchards could be considered to support PM 12: create more high quality traditional orchards, and other priorities. Establishment success for newly planted urban trees should be secured through suitable management plans, including measures such as irrigation tree pit systems.
- Wider environmental benefits
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Increasing woodland cover Improving air quality Improving water quality Increasing flood risk management Reducing climate change impacts Supporting health and cultural services Improving soil health Supporting food provision
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- Priority
- Nature-rich areas within the built environment are accessible, climate resilient, interconnected and biodiverse
- Priority description
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Whilst Herefordshire is a rural county the city, towns and villages are still important places that can be shared by people and wildlife. Many species have come to successfully coexist with people in urban settings, and many others must travel across the built environment areas when moving between their natural habitats. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the built up areas and settlements can enable species to move freely and even inhabit these areas in the long-term. The majority of these measures and supporting actions can apply on private and council land as well as to schools, business premises and hospital grounds, and between them these spaces can become an interwoven network for nature within our built environment.
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