'Green' Christmas trees 'sold out' - 16/12/09

An increase in the number of families wanting to put their Christmas gifts under an ecologically friendly tree is causing the Forestry Commission to run out of?pines this season.

Families wanting to buy a sustainably sourced tree rather than a fake one are thought to be the cause of the sell-out in the New Forest, Hampshire. The Forestry Commission has also sold out of pines at Moors Valley Country Park and New Park in Brockenhurst.

Head ranger Andrew Norris said: "Some of this may have been generated by the earlier stories in the press about Christmas tree shortages this year, but we are hoping that it is also due to an increasing awareness of environmental issues.

"Our sites are all checked to make sure our trees are sustainably grown, and this year more and more of our customers have told us that accountability is important to them.

"We know that this early sell-out will be disappointing for many of our regular customers who make buying a Forestry Commission tree a part of their family Christmas and we can only apologise to them for a situation which is entirely beyond our control.

"We understand that other local suppliers are experiencing similar difficulties."

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