Our latest blog is a guest article by Dr Eleanor Harris, who takes her Confor hat off on this occasion to give us a personal view, outlining a vision for the lowlands that speaks to the needs of a 21st Read more…
Our latest Directors’ blog is by Helen Armstrong, professional ecologist and founder of Broomhill Ecology. In it, she digests important new research on carbon sequestration in afforested ecosystems, and evaluates the implications this might have on woodland expansion policy in Read more…
Welcome to the Autumn 2020 issue of Reforesting Scotland, our 62nd issue, with the theme of ‘Working with the wild’. Theme articles include; ‘Conservation conflicts’ by Dr Isla Hodgson Alison Hutton from the Langholm Initiative, the south of Scotland’s largest Read more…
Our latest Directors’ blog is a guest article by Gus Routledge, professional ecologist and ‘Scotland: The Big Picture’ trustee. In it, he explores the mindset of those opposed to native woodland expansion and the legitimacy of their concerns. Scotland’s native Read more…
In the third instalment of our Directors’ blog, professional ecologist Andy McMullen questions the anti-tree orthodoxy of peatland conservationists. In Scotland, there can be an unfavourable attitude towards trees near peatlands. Some wariness is understandable following planting of the unique Read more…
Looking to watch again? Head to the bottom of the page. Like so many things this year, the Reforesting Scotland Annual Gathering was a bit different from normal. Our usual physical get-together, with shared dining, a ceilidh and lots of Read more…
https://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/beaver Since being acknowledged as a native species last year, one fifth of Scotland’s beavers have been shot under licence. Each beaver killed is a wasted chance to move it to a new area where they are still extinct, to Read more…
“Perspective is the Temple of Decision” – inscription in Falkland Palace No grander – nor, in some ways, more unseemly – could have been this year’s setting for Reforesting Scotland’s Blue Skies weekend retreat but Falkland Palace. I decided to Read more…
In the second instalment of our Directors’ blog, Nicky Penford takes a look at the many reasons our waders are struggling and asks how we can avoid making similar mistakes in the future. Like many, lockdown has prompted me to Read more…
Kicking off a series of blogs from the Directors of Reforesting Scotland, Nicola Hume checks out the new generation of non-plastic tree tubes and asks: do they work? To read as a pdf, click here. According to legend, Sir Ewan Read more…
