The scheme includes a number of measures to protect the environment by improving wildlife habitats, tree cover and watercourses, the county council said.
The 3km and 9km Circles in a Forest trails explore the refreshing green environment, passing 3m-high tree ferns, old-growth trees, strange fungi and babbling brooks.
Despite their beneficial properties, many people believe that buying an artificial tree is better for the environment, which Dungey says is all due to clever marketing.
The paper industry argues that recycling paper and managed tree growth make using paper cheaper and easier on the environment than the cost of recycling computer components.
According to Professor Win Vandebergh and his colleagues at the University of Brussels, the cytoskeletal proteins that evolved to help the tree frog Hyla cinera cling to wet surfaces in its niche environment also passed down to mammals and eventually to us.