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Woodland adventures help people with dementia
The Trust is marking the Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Awareness Week (20-26 May) by highlighting evidence of the positive health impact that visiting woodland has on people with dementia.
A pilot project carried out for VisitWoods, in partnership with a variety of care homes and Dementia Adventure highlights a clear link between people with dementia visiting woodland and an improvement in their physical, mental and social wellbeing.
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Trees help you breathe more easily
The Trust's Urban Air Quality report, published in collaboration with Lancaster University and the University of Birmingham, highlights how considered planting of trees and other vegetation can be used to significantly improve air quality in towns and cities.
In fact, just through the screening of single trees, it has been shown that the concentration of certain types of pollution can be reduced by 15-20%.
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More destruction ahead!
The Government's recently published National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has left ancient woodland significantly threatened.
The final document has retained a loophole that planning applications should not bring about the loss of these habitats 'unless the need for, and benefits of, the development in that location clearly outweigh the loss', leaving a dangerous loophole which is completely inadequate for ancient woodland.
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Good farmers plant trees
A Woodland Trust/Harper Adams University report highlights the value of tree shelter belts to farmers in combating the effects of drought.
Managing the drought pulls together studies from UK and other temperate agriculture systems to show how trees planted as shelter belts help crops retain more water and use it efficiently.
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