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Red Rose Forest is helping to transform a large part of Greater
Manchester into a greener, better place to live, work and invest
in.
Red
Rose Forest is creating new areas of woodland, helping to improve
existing green spaces and encouraging thousands of people every
year to visit their local park, woodland, nature reserve or community
garden - discovering the countryside that is right on their doorstep!
Red Rose Forest is also making a huge impact on the North West region,
increasing tree cover, encouraging investment and visitors to the
area and playing a vital role in making England's North West a greener,
more rewarding place to live, work, visit and do business.
Red Rose Forest is a partnership of The Countryside Agency, the
Forestry Commission and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bolton, Bury,
Trafford and Wigan and the Cities of Manchester and Salford.
A wider partnership is actively involved in developing the Forest
in many different ways across the Forest area. This partnership
includes landowners, businesses, Government agencies, environmental
and voluntary bodies, Countryside Services, communities, schools
and many individuals.
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Red Rose Forest was established in 1991
Red Rose Forest covers almost 292 square miles of Greater Manchester
Around
1.5 million people live within the Forest boundary (Red Rose Forest
is the most urban of all Community Forests)
The Red Rose Forest Plan is for 40 years and part of the Red
Rose Forest mission is to plant 25million trees over that time as
the first step towards a full programme of regeneration and renewal
of Greater Manchester.
It costs between £7 and £10 to plant a tree in a new
woodland scheme
It costs from £300 to plant a street tree in an urban area
Since 1991, Red Rose Forest has planted around 1,183 hectares of
woodland
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