Tree planting, felling and benefits to society, with Trees for Cities' Kate Sheldon
Trees for Cities is a charity that helps facilitate tree planting in urban contexts but as recently-appointed chief executive , Kate Sheldon explains, the benefits are wide-ranging and sometimes surprising:
"Some of the biggest risks in cities [are] around heat and flooding and I believe that as an urban tree planting charity we can have more impact in planting for those risks and for the social value of what we do, rather than the carbon".
She explains how the charity helps local communities, schools and parks plant trees in their area and the care taken to ensure the right tree is planted…
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