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Scientists are using acorns from 1000-year-old oaks to design an experimental 'super forest' in England, hoping toachieve ambitious tree-planting targets.The forest will spread across nine new neighboring woodlands with the first trees planted this winter. The inaugural scheme will fund landowners to plant270,000 trees, creatinga forest accessible to the public. The woodlands will be scientifically monitored to assess their effectiveness at removing carbon emissions, enhancing biodiversity, and cleaning up air and water. "Trees can do fantastic things for biodiversity, but also carbon drawdown," says Kathy Willis, professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford.
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