Carl Rowlinson
No Trees, No Seas - film screening and Q&A with Carl Rowlinson
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Discover the powerful new science showing how restoring forests can revive our oceans bringing back fish stocks, restoring kelp and seagrass, and even reversing plankton decline. Carl’s work has sparked a wave of interest across the UK, highlighting the deep connection between our landscapes and the sea, and why tree restoration is critical for climate and nature recovery.
Expect an inspiring evening of film, ideas and hope plus the chance to ask Carl your questions about rewilding, Celtic rainforest restoration, and how reconnecting land and sea can transform nature’s future.
Early booking recommended
📅 Date: Tuesday 14th April 2026
🕢 Time: 7:30pm (Doors 7pm)
📍 Venue: Peel Centenary Centre
🎟 Tickets: £10
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Carl Rowlinson
No Trees, No Seas is a groundbreaking new campaign that highlights the interconnection of our forests and oceans and how reforestation is essential to restoring these complex ecosystems.
Supported by new scientific research published by the Woodland Trust and Dr Ben Phillips, showing that by restoring our forests, declining fish stocks can be recovered, sea grass and kelp can be revived, and crucially - plankton declines can be reversed.
The message of the campaign is simple; in order to save our oceans, we need more trees.
Aims of the campaign:
- Education and awareness – starting a Cornwall wide conversation
- Foster Collaboration – between organisations protecting and restoring land and sea in Cornwall
- To accelerate reforestation in Cornwall, and the recovery of our seas
“If you want to catch a fish, plant a tree
If the forest dies, the sea dies.
- Japanese Proverb”
Why now?
Cornwall is one of the most deforested counties in the UK, with only 8-10% tree cover. We are in the middle of the United Nations ‘Decade on Nature Restoration’, and the most important time in human history to avert the climate and nature crises. We must accelerate our reforestation and nature recovery restoration activities in order to solve these vital issues that affect us all. This new, groundbreaking science comes at a time where we are in desperate need of a holistic understanding of our planet’s environment, and big stories about how to protect and restore it.
We will be taking the story of the lost connections between trees and seas and shining a light on some of the global work being done in places like Japan and Canada, who are proving that by restoring forests, fish stocks can be restored, sea grass and kelp can be revived, and crucially - plankton declined can be reversed. There are so many co-benefits for our oceans from forest restoration, from reducing pollution run-off, sewage over flows, siltation and restoring the essential stabisiling effects that forests provide for our ocean ecosystems that this new science is illuminating.The Woodland Trust
Carl Rowlinson
About Plant One Cornwall
Plant One Cornwall are making giant strides to restore the endangered Celtic rainforest in the South West. This hyper-oceanic region is the best place to grow this rare habitat, which is crucial in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.
Founded in 2022 with no initial funding, we’ve created 242,000 square meters of new woodland and are on track to meet our 25-year target of 3 million. Our approach focuses on long-term nature recovery, not just planting trees or sequestering carbon. And it’s working – we are seeing tree survival rates at 86% (well above the 56% industry average), and additional species and natural regeneration already returning alongside our planting.
Plant One has proven experience in delivering woodland creation and management projects which positively impact the SW’s waterways. We’ve worked on multiple temperate rainforest projects that will go on to deliver water quality benefits in future generations.
No Trees, No Seas trailer (https://youtu.be/U2F2rjozFOw)
No Trees, No Seas