'1000 Trees' Campaign

The Clyde Climate Forest was launched in June 2021. Since then, the project has seen over 1.2 million community trees planted across the region. Many of the urban areas have been planted by local schoolchildren and community groups as part of our '1000 Trees' Campaign.

Many landowners have provided land to plant woodlands for wildlife with several projects in development, and many tree planting assessments have been completed on council land.

All eight councils have committed to supporting delivery of the Clyde Climate Forest signing a Concordat agreement to embed CCF targets into their own plans and policies, helping toward each authorities own Net Zero ambitions.

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Target Neighbourhoods

We identified 16 'Target Neighbourhoods' across urban parts of Glasgow City Region which have low levels of existing tree canopy cover and are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

In each of these areas we are aiming to plant at least 1000 trees as part of our Campaign.

A full list of our target neighbourhood projects can be found in the graphic to the left and you can click into each local authority area below to see projects.

Campaign Progress

We are now halfway towards our goal with 8 of our 16 Target Neighbourhoods (TN's) having surpassed the milestone of 1,000 trees planted. Nearly 35,000 trees have been planted in TN's in total.

Well done to our local authority partners in North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Glasgow City and East Renfrewshire councils, whose support and commitment have helped these neighbourhoods reach this important milestone.

A huge shout out to East Renfrewshire Council for helping CCF plant over 12,000 trees in Barrhead since 2021 - an amazing effort and signifies almost 2 ha worth of new tree canopy cover, which is the equivalent of almost 3 football pitches.