Aviva: Donates £38 million to UK forest restoration
- Aviva announces a £38 million donation to restore Britain’s lost temperate rainforests in the UK
- Believes this is one of the most effective nature-based interventions to help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
- The restored rainforests will also provide a positive contribution to the nature and biodiversity crisis
- Native to the British Isles, the temperate rainforest is an incredibly rare and biodiverse habitat that once stretched from Cornwall
- The project sees partner with The Wildlife Trusts, a federation of 46 local Wildlife Trusts
- It aims to re-establish temperate rainforest by planting a combination of native tree species including oak
