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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.
It is in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands and is fairly mountainous. The Forest was originally part of a Caledonian Forest. [76] [77] Argyll Forest Park: Argyll and Bute: 24,281 In 1935, Argyll Forest became the first Forest Park in Britain. It lies on the border between the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands. [78] [79] [80 ...
Native Woodlands - Scottish Forestry; Scotland's Trees, Woods and Forests Archived 2014-08-02 at the Wayback Machine; Caledonia dreaming, Published: January 2011; History and ancient woodlands of Scotland, Expanding Scotland's woods and forests; The Central Scotland Forest; Trees native to Scotland Archived 2017-01-10 at the Wayback Machine ...
Trees for Life is a charity that aims to restore a "wild forest" in the Northwest Highlands and Grampian Mountains. [ 92 ] The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 prohibits the uprooting of plants without a landowner's permission and the collection of any part of the most threatened species, which are listed in Schedule 8.
This tree is a cross between the native Rowan and S. pseudofennica. [21] In 2002 it was estimated that 81.6% of Scotland's woodland was coniferous, with much of this consisting of plantations of non-native conifers. The most commonly planted tree species was Sitka spruce, which covered
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Glen Affric is also home to Scottish wildcats and otters. The bogs and lochs of the glen provide a habitat for many species of dragonfly, including the rare brilliant emerald. [11] [10] [17] In 2019 an elm tree in Glen Affric, christened the "Last Ent of Affric" was named Scotland's Tree of the Year by the Woodland Trust. [18]