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British reforestation Plan:

Today there are more trees in England than 100 years ago. This is the result of the national inventory of forests and trees just presented by the forestry Commission, the Management and Conservation Agency of the British forests. It is also said that, during the second half of the twentieth century, About 1,000 years ago there were twice as much trees in England as today, but by 1870 that proportion had been reduced to less than 5% due to When the Romans invaded Britannia about 2000 years ago, they continued to cut down trees to build roads, forts and cities. Much later, about 200 years ago