Our native woodlands remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping to tackle climate change. These native trees also enhance biodiversity and animal habitats.
In our short video, Diarmuid Gavin explains why this is so important to help Ireland tackle climate change.
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00:00:01 Diarmuid Gavin
Our native woodlands capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere helping to tackle climate change. These amazing native trees also enhance biodiversity and animal habitats. Aviva are a leading provider of pension, investment, home, motor, travel, and life insurance to nearly 800,000 customers in Ireland and is proving the Nature Trust with €5 million euro in funding to plant 1.2 million native trees across Ireland over the next few years.
These trees include oak, holly, and hawthorn and this will create almost a thousand acres of new native woodlands. That’s the equivalent of one tree for every family in Ireland or over 560 Aviva Stadium pitches!
To make a difference, it takes Aviva.
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Aviva is providing €5 million in funding to the Nature Trust to plant 1.2 million native trees across Ireland over the next few years. These trees include oak, holly and hawthorn. This will create nearly one thousand acres of new native woodlands. That’s the equivalent of a tree for every family in Ireland.
