Let's double UK forests in 10 years by adding a penny-in-the-pound on income tax

Woodlands currently cover just 13% of the UK. We can double the area of woodland to 26% through a penny-in-the-pound rise on income tax for just 10 years. This would raise roughly £6 billion a year. With the average acre of pasture costing £7500, it would be possible for the government (and the people of the UK) to buy at least 800,000 acres of suitable pasture and upland a year. This land should be forested, protected and gifted to current and future generations as great commons and reserves.