Welcome to the Spring 2021 issue of Reforesting Scotland, our 63rd issue, with the theme of ‘A green recovery’. Theme articles include; Andy Robinson: Six years in the clear-fell Diane Lyons: Yearn Stane Andy McMullen: Integrating what we have Nina … Read More
Our latest Directors’ blog is a guest article by independent film-maker Ross Harrison, whose latest video Forgetting Nature will be released on Wednesday 17th March. In this post, Ross discusses his rationale for making the film and why the nexus … Read More
Our latest Directors’ blog is a guest article by Peter Cunningham, an aquatic biologist who has lived and worked in Wester Ross since 2001. In this article, he looks at the role of riparian woodlands (and alder in particular!) in … Read More
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