South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire's pledge
South Lanarkshire Council signed a concordat agreement with the Clyde Climate Forest committing to help plant 18 million trees by 2031.
The first tree plantings took place in early 2023 in Spingwell Park and Ballantrae Road, Blantyre. Children from High Blantyre Primary School worked with staff from environmental charity Trees for Cities, who are a Clyde Climate Forest delivery partner, to help plant more than 1900 trees to enhance existing and create new woodland.
To date, we have planted 6056 whips (small trees), and 220 standards (large trees) across South Lanarkshire.
Tree Planting
South Lanarkshire Council is one of eight across Glasgow City Region aiming to connect up existing woodlands, plant new forests and target urban tree plantings in areas vulnerable to climate impacts.
Councillor Joe Fagan, Leader of South Lanarkshire Council, said: “We are committed to supporting delivery of the Clyde Climate Forest and to embed CCF targets into our own plans and policies, helping toward our own Net Zero ambitions.
“There will be many similar projects across South Lanarkshire in the coming years, and it is of course great news for the local environment, with this sort of project helping countless species as well as improving air quality.”
South Lanarkshire projects
Projects
Burnbank
Burnbank is an area in the town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, it was formerly a separate mining village before being absorbed into the town.Many areas of Burnbank lack good green infrastructure and the benefits it would bring to people and wildlife and the CCF initiative aims to increase the urban...Read More
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Rutherglen
Rutherglen is a town of more than 30,000 people in South Lanarkshire. Many areas of the town lack good green infrastructure and the benefits it would bring to people and wildlife and it is the ambition of the CCF project is to increase the urban canopy cover across the whole...Read More
Projects