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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Duchies of lancaster and cornwall snub tree campaigners - Caught on Camera

Prince Charles planting a tree
The duchy of Cornwall, run by Prince Charles, has only 6% tree cover compared with the UK average of 16%. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

The duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, two of the royal family’s largest portfolios of land, have snubbed tree campaigners who are calling for the royals to rewild their estates.

Rewilding advocates at the campaign group Wild Card have been meeting for months with the crown estate, which manages most of the royal land and pays the revenue into the Treasury. They say relations have been “really positive”.

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