Daily: DOUBLE OUR WOODLAND or we’re in trouble

<p>The row over trees cut down for HS2 is trivial next to a far bigger crisis of deforestation that’s damaging Britain’s agriculture, destabilising our environment and making us vulnerable to extreme weather, says <strong>Phil Sturgeon</strong>, trustee of climate charity <em>Protect Earth. </em>He tells Ros Taylor about why it’s in our urgent self-interest to plant more trees, why deforestation literally means colder cows and less efficient farming… and why our fears around HS2 are wildly misplaced.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“We need to double our woodland”</em></li><li><em>“The things we farm and the way in which we farm them needs to change for the sake of the environment”</em></li><li><em>“HS2 is removing just 0.01% of the UK’s ancient woodland. The figures quoted are wildly exaggerated”</em></li><li><em>“We’re worried about 30-60 hectares being lost from HS2, yet 10-15 million hectares are lost worldwide each year”</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>