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The project aims to plant up street and parkland trees across Edinburgh to help make it greener. The initiative will work with the local authority and community groups to help raise awareness of the importance urban trees play on the local environment and on mitigating against climate change.
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Situation
Each year in Edinburgh over 1,000 trees die or are removed. There is a deficit of 8,000 trees in the city since 2011 which includes 650 street trees. To be able to see mature trees in the city in the future we need to plant on average some 6,500 trees in the capital every single year. We can only do this with donations from the public.
Solution
ELGT will re-establish a street tree replacement programme to make Edinburgh streets greener for future generations. We will also develop a programme of replanting in parks and greenspaces for priority locations. We will engage with local community groups and schools across the city to encourage them to be support and be actively involved in looking after trees in the longer term.
