Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall is helping double one of the last surviving temperate rainforests

Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall is helping double one of England’s last surviving temperate rainforests on Dartmoor.

,250 young trees have already been planted at one site as part of the expansion effort.

The Duchy estate, which owns a third of Dartmoor National Park, aims to double the size of Black-a-Tor Copse and Wistman’s Wood by the early 2040s.

A new £30 million government funding package through the Farming in Protected Landscapes fund supports the restoration.

Temperate rainforests are among the rarest habitats, and most surviving fragments are in poor health due to livestock grazing.