Tree Planting

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:40 pm on 11 December 2019.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 1:40, 11 December 2019

We don't currently have any plans for setting targets at the local authority level. However, I think local authorities have a very important role to play. You will have just heard me say that we can't do it on our own; we need others to work with us. I know that many local authorities are working to increase the canopy cover in their areas and they're looking to expand planting on local authority-owned land and encouraging more infrastructure. And yesterday, in the clean air plan oral statement, you may have heard me say that one thing we're looking at is tiny forests, and these are small pieces of land, and quite often public sector land in hospitals or schools, for instance, where we can look to plant just a small amount of trees. Clearly, local authorities would have a role to play in that.