Booking form This year the Gathering is heading to the Trossachs, part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park and home of more large-scale ecological restoration projects than you can shake a birch seedling at. We’ll be based in the village of Aberfoyle, from the 4th to the Read more…
Rewilding may be a hot topic but, says Alan Carter, the legal framework for reintroductions needs to be improved. This year, Denmark got its first wild wolf pack for over 200 years. It wasn’t part of any government programme. No NGOs or wealthy individuals got involved. They simply wandered over Read more…
From Reforesting Scotland Journal 56: Wild Again (autumn 2017 issue) At first glance, ‘rewilding the city’ might sound like a contradiction. To some people, the wild is defined by the absence of interfering humans. How can wildness exist in that most human of habitats, the city? For me, that contradiction Read more…
Autumn/winter 2017 issue The theme of the Autumn 2017 issue of Reforesting Scotland is ‘Wild again!’ and we take a look at ecological restoration and reintroductions. Articles include: ‘Tree line‘ by nature writer Jim Crumley, ‘From beavers to bears‘ by Alan Carter, ‘Reforesting Scotland’s Vision’ by Donald McPhillimy, ‘Rewilding Childhood Read more…
Reforesting Scotland plans to become more involved in ‘rewilding’ campaigns over the next few years. As a first step, we have launched a Facebook group for people to share news, views, pictures, events, campaigns and enthusiasm about rewilding. There is a huge amount already going on and this is a Read more…
Autumn/Winter 2014: ‘Restoring the Land and the People’ Looking back – and forward – in our 50th issue. Articles include:Bernard Planterose: From wet desert to woodland economy.George Monbiot: Rewilding.Andy Wightman: My journey with Reforesting Scotland.Alan Watson Featherstone: Trees for Life.Viv Halcrow: Coigach-Assynt Living LandscapeJustin Kendrick: Reclaiming the land.Alan Carter: Participation Read more…