A bid to cover Glasgow with more trees is making progress.
Streets with few trees will see more added and forest planting across the Glasgow area is set to double.
So far 60,000 trees have been planted in urban areas throughout the Glasgow city region as part of a project called the Clyde Climate Forest launched last June.
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Its aim is to plant 18 million trees over the next decade to help deal with the ‘climate emergency.’
A total of 16 neighbourhoods with few trees across the Glasgow city region have been selected to become a focus for planting over upcoming years.
Next week Glasgow City Region Cabinet is due to get an update on the progress of the Clyde Climate Forest since it formed. Councillors at the meeting will also be recommended to approve an agreement (Concordat) “to clarify the role of the Clyde Climate Forest team (and its delivery partners) and the role of the councils,” according to a report.
The report going to cabinet said: “The draft Concordat has been shared with many relevant council officers with favourable feedback. It is hoped that a high-level recognition of the role of the Councils working in partnership with the Clyde Climate Forest team and delivery partners will facilitate an uplift in the delivery of the right trees in the right places on council managed land across the region.”
There is a bid to increase average urban tree cover to 20 per cent. There will also be efforts to increase the ‘average woodland habitat network area’ and ‘forest and woodland land cover’ by the same percentage.
The Glasgow City Region covers Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.
The Clyde Climate Forest has attracted funding from The Woodland Trust of £400,000 and £150,000 from Scottish Forestry for its first two years.
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