A project to reintroduce red squirrels to isolated areas of regenerating forest in the Scottish Highlands gets under way this month. This will increase both the numbers and the range of red squirrels in the UK, and help to regenerate their native Caledonian forest habitat.
… Red squirrels return to Scotland's Caledonian forest Oliver Tickell | … 2016 News Forests Conservation Mammals Scotland UK Reintroduction … conservation charity The National Trust for Scotland. The National Trust for Scotland is …
What remains of the once mighty Caledonian Forest is fast being eroded by an ever-increasing population of deer. Without reintroducing their natural predator, the wolf, to the wilds of Scotland, the forest and its ecosystem is in danger of disappearing forever. By Jeremy Smith
… December 2005 News Wolves Wolf Reintroduction Scotland Caledonia Natural World Forest … natural predator, the wolf, to the wilds of Scotland, the forest and its ecosystem is in … Jeremy Smith For most of the earth’s history, Scotland was covered in trees – a vast …
Climate change campaigner Dan Glass explains why he and other protesters have set up camp on the site of a proposed coal mine
… Climate Camp Scotland: why we are protesting Dan Glass | … change we are fighting inequality too. Scotland's protest Douglas is one of the … in the hospital beds of places like Douglas. Scotland's Camp for Climate Action is right …
A unique community purchase of Forestry Commission land in the Highlands will see native Caledonian pinewoods re-established over 1086 hectares of commercial conifer woods planted in the 1970s, complete with relict ancient pines.
… been given the go-ahead. Forestry Commission Scotland has agreed to sell 1,086 hectares of … declared 'surplus' by Forestry Commission Scotland in September 2013 as part of its … strategy. An important first for Scotland This is believed to be the first time …
New combinations of temperature, precipitation and light will drive changes in biodiversity with some unexpected consequences.
… The plight of Scotland's rainforests Staff Reporter | 1st November 2019 News Scotland Trees Forests Rainforests … Far too little is known about how Scotland’s native species will respond to …
Momentum is gathering behind the UK's transition to a fossil free society, writes Guy Shrubsole. We know we need to leave at least 80% of proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground to avert catastrophic climate change. Here's a quick run-down of progress to date - and the key upcoming fights, including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend.
… Change Fossil Fuels Coal Protest UK Wales Scotland Norther Ireland England … UK are starting to rise to this challenge. Scotland Fracking moratorium since 28th … place. The main operator of opencast mines in Scotland, Scottish Coal, collapsed in 2012, …
Scotland's native forest remains in only a few fragments, but Trees For Life is working to restore it, and almost all of the work is done by volunteers. Philip Mason joined their newly expanded long-term volunteer programme for two months last autumn.
… | 3rd February 2014 Ethical Living Forests Scotland Natural World tfl-river.png Scotland's native forest remains in only a few … Caledonian Forest covered most of upland Scotland: 5,800 square miles of species-rich …
Campaigners fighting a development for an 18-hole golf course on a pristine part of the Moray Firth are planning to launch a legal challenge against the plans with £10,000 they have sourced through crowdfunding. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… be taken away. "It's really simple for me - Scotland has lost 99 per cent of its natural … about the golf course plans, as are PlantLife Scotland, RSPB Scotland, Buglife, and most recently The …
What can western countries learn from their less industrialised counterparts about returning woodlands and forests to productive, profitable, local control?
… process the low-grade material locally. In Scotland there is chronic underemployment. … Community forestry is a growing movement in Scotland, but many factors have slowed … areas are controlled by Forestry Commission Scotland. 'A large proportion of our forests …
The key to reducing the risk of more floods like those in Carlisle is to realise that conventional 'flood defence' can never provide security against the ever more extreme weather events that global warming will bring. We must embrace natural solutions to holding back flood waters: more trees; and bring back the beavers!
… 2015 Comment Water UK Forests Mammals England Scotland Natural World The Land Climate Change … weekend - beavers are actually being shot in Scotland with the tacit approval of the … powerful landowning interest. So please Scotland, if you are have too many beavers, …
This year's Climate Camp protest in London has started on Blackheath
… follows on from three recent camp protests in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. In Wales, the … opencast coal mine, near Merthyr Tydfil. In Scotland, the camp was near the site of a …
The return of pine martens to central Ireland has been followed by a resurgence of red squirrels, writes Emma Sheehy. Now that the predatory mammal is being seen south of the Scottish border, the same could happen in England. The heavier grey squirrel is easy prey for pine martens, and their demise could open up ecological space for the native red to recolonise.
… extinct in England and Wales. However in Scotland and Ireland they are making a … and Ireland. That's why I'm now looking at Scotland, where there have been reports of … but the creatures are moving south through Scotland and are literally just a few miles …
Welsh Climate Camp gets underway as protesters set up camp near coal mine
… the site of a planned open-cast coal mine in Scotland last week . The Camp will run until … to start this weekend See also Climate Camp Scotland: why we're protesting …
Radical action on climate change should be the many versus the few, not the young versus the old.
… has already instigated protests in Scotland and there are plans for a nationwide … living conditions. Holly Gillibrand of the Scotland protests recently said : “I am …
Britain's ash woods are under threat from a fast-spreading 'dieback' disease, write Steve Woodward and Eric Boa. With 3% of ash trees resistant to the fungus, the species should just be able to survive. But now scientists fear the arrival of the Emerald ash borer beetle, already infesting forests in the US and mainland Europe. Could the two combine to push our ash trees into extinction?
… in other parts of England as well as Scotland and Wales Since then, the disease has …
Hostile police tactics at the Kingsnorth and G20 camps has not put protesters off as climate camp goes global
… this week, around 150 people set up the Scotland camp near the site of a planned … said Kevin Smith. See also Climate Camp Scotland: why we're protesting Climate Camp …
As the public comes to terms with Government plans to sell public woodland, industry analysts predict much of the forest could be snapped up by energy companies looking to burn wood as a biofuel
… Review. Control of the Forestry Commission in Scotland and Wales has been devolved to the …