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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.
All of them occur in the Scottish Highlands. The Caledonian Pinewood Inventory [22] breaks these down into 84 smaller sub-units of the main sites. In March 2019, as part of the implementation of the Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018, the Scottish Government listed 84 sites as Caledonian pinewood in regulations, given below. [23]
Balkello was first planted with trees in the 1990s, and there are now 150,000 young trees growing at the site. [32] [33] Ballachulish: Highland: Located above the former slate quarries on the shores of Loch Leven. [34] Craik Forest: Scottish Borders: Craik Forest is primarily a commercial forest with timber being processed at facilities nearby.
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
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 ...
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.
Oklahoma faces a "Very High Alert" for cedar and elm pollen for the third consecutive day, ... The very air seems to be in league with the trees, carrying their pollen far and wide, leaving many ...
The Cannich wildfire burned for two weeks, starting on 28 May 2023 in the Scottish Highlands, close to the village of Cannich in the Highland council area. [1] No one died, but two firefighters were injured and airlifted to hospital on 30 May when their vehicle overturned at the site; [2] they were both discharged the following day.