{"id":1104,"date":"2025-07-29T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepherdsofthetrees.org\/?page_id=1104"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:42:48","slug":"shepherds-of-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shepherdsofthetrees.org\/index.php\/shepherds-of-the-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepherds of the Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Shepherds of the trees – Just transition for upland and other farmers.<\/p>\n\n

Earth and Leaf aims to use just transition to help upland farmers to become “Shepherds of the Trees”.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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. . . in order for Shepherds of the Trees to be a success, we don’t just want to plant trees. Don’t forget just planting trees is not enough. <\/a>We need to block drains, let hedges grow, collect and plant seeds from local shrubs and flowers, dig ponds, remove non native species, all by hand. We must empower the Woodland Trust.<\/a> And stop tidying up!<\/span><\/h2>\n\n

Climate Change will raise the tree line in our hills.\u00a0 Whilst we want to protect blanket bog, moorland and the species associated with those areas we must also allow forests to colonise higher sheep free slopes.<\/p>\n\n

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Sustainability<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

We need less dairy, beef and sheep going forward as a nation. Exports are not the answer. We need a big diversification of crops at a local and national level.\u00a0 Sustainability is the key.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Funding<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Earth and Leaf will sponsor farms to join the project giving farmers long term security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Timescales<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

This is a forever timescale, but Earth and Leaf expects to support the scheme for a minimum of ten years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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