Aviva committed £38 million to a 100-year UK rainforest partnership. The long-term programme aims to restore lost habitats and develop new nature-based revenue streams

Aviva has committed £38 million to a 100-year partnership focused on restoring temperate rainforest across the UK. Under the Atlantic Rainforest Restoration Programme, Wildlife Trusts plan to restore 1,755 hectares of habitat that once covered one-fifth of the land from Cornwall to western Scotland but is now limited to approximately 1% of the UK. The restoration is projected to sequester 222,000 tonnes of carbon by 2050 and 800,000 tonnes over 100 years. The programme also aims to demonstrate how...