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6The Mersey Forest PlanSummaryThese principles set out what we do. We establish, look after, and nurture a culture of trees, woods, and other habitats. WHAT 4. Establish trees, woods, and other habitats4.1 Aim to reach 15% tree cover across Cheshire and Merseyside by 2050 (from a 2025 baseline of 13.7%), pushing beyond this if possible towards our long-term ambition of 30% tree cover.4.2 Aspire to meet the 3+30+300 ambition, within our urban areas in particular. 4.3 Tailor establishment schemes to meet individual landowner%u2019s objectives, bring benefits for people, nature and climate, and follow UK Forestry Standard and other best practice.4.4 Build in appropriate aft ercare and monitoring to ensure that new trees and woodlands thrive.4.5 Encourage local seed collection, growing, and planting. 4.6 Take opportunities to deliver at scale, whilst prioritising areas of greatest need for people, nature and climate.5. Look aft er trees, woods, and other habitats5.1 Aim for 80% of woodlands across Cheshire and Merseyside to be sustainably managed by 2050 (from a 2025 baseline of 36%), working towards our long-term ambition of 100% of woods.5.2 Bring trees and woods, including the now maturing woodlands established since the outset of The Mersey Forest, into appropriate and proactive long- term management to ensure that they become a real asset for people, nature and climate.5.3 Tailor management to meet individual landowner%u2019s objectives, bring benefits for people, nature and climate, and follow UK Forestry Standard and other best practice.5.4 Take opportunities to deliver at scale, whilst prioritising areas of greatest need for people, nature and climate..6. Nurture a culture of trees, woods, and other habitats6.1 Explore what a successful tree and woodland culture looks like, ways to nurture it, and how to measure progress towards this.6.2 Nurture a culture where people are intertwined with trees, woods, and other habitats.6.3 Co-create and deliver our work collaboratively, seeing tree and wood establishment and care as an opportunity to nurture a culture of trees, woods, and other habitats.6.4 Create opportunities for people, including children and young people, to experience and enjoy trees and woods, and foster personal connections. 6.5 Integrate the arts, storytelling, landscape and heritage throughout our work, as powerful relationship building tools.6.6 Weave trees and woods into everyday life and across all aspects of human endeavour and decision-making.6.7 Collaborate to develop education, training, skills, and jobs relating to all aspects of trees and woods.We do this in order to bring benefits for people, nature, and climate. This cannot be done on our own, but by working alongside others.In general, the starting point for our work is trees and woods, but these cannot be considered in isolation and must contribute to a thriving mosaic of other habitats.13.7percent of The Mersey Forest covered by trees.We aim to reach 15% by 2050, pushing beyond this if possible towards our long-term ambition of 30% tree cover. 6