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A campaign group calling for Scotland to be declared the world’s first “rewilding nation” has presented the Scottish Government with proposals for rewilding 30% of the country’s land and seas.
Alladale Wilderness Reserve is a 23,000-acre (93 km 2) highland estate in the Caledonian Forest in Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands.The estate was purchased in 2003 by conservationist and philanthropist Paul Lister, who hopes to recreate a wooded landscape and reintroduce native animals including predators such as the Scottish wildcat and the wolf.
Rewilding Britain has laid down 'five principles of rewilding' which it expects to be followed by affiliated rewilding projects. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] These are to support people and nature together, to 'let nature lead', to create resilient local economies, to 'work at nature's scale', and to secure benefits for the long-term.
Paul Cargill, PA Scotland December 12, 2023 at 9:06 AM A remote ancient woodland containing Scotland’s oldest wild Scots pine has been saved by a rewilding charity from being lost forever.
Affric Highlands [6] is a 30-year collaborative initiative by Trees for Life and Rewilding Europe who are working to restore woodland, peatland and riverside habitats in the Scottish Highlands. Rewilding supports nature, climate and people by boosting biodiversity, creating jobs, and supporting re-peopling.
Full-time equivalent jobs across 13 major rewilding projects in Scotland increased from 24 before rewilding began to 123, including at Trees For Life’s 4,000-hectare Dundreggan estate, where new ...
The Trees for Life scheme would create a nature recovery area stretching from Loch Ness to Kintail on Scotland’s west coast. Rewilding project for half-a-million acres of Scottish Highlands launched
The fauna of Scotland is generally typical of the north-west European part of the Palearctic realm, although several of the country's larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times. Scotland 's diverse temperate environments support 62 species of wild mammals, including a population of wild cats and important numbers of grey and ...