E3 R&D have been working on a 70 acre site to transform the traditional model of plantation woodland into an approach which delivers much greater environmental and social benefits. They are trialling techniques for a transition to continuous cover and native woodland over substantial areas of land. The area of Sitka plantation that is ‘heather […]
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Rhyze is a workers’ cooperative in Edinburgh with an impressive track record of testing different models of community food growing and mushroom cultivation. They are currently researching and investigating the social, ecological and commercial case for Chaga cultivation in Scotland. Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is a slow growing, parasitic wood-decay fungus mostly found on Birch trees […]
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Borders Forest Trust are undertaking an integrated study which will allow for the sensitive ecological restoration and expansion of a rare surviving habitat and provide a resource for more widespread recognition and restoration of ancient wood pasture, slope alder wood pasture in particular.
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This grant will go towards phase 2 of the Painting Scotland Yellow project: to produce a promotional film about aspen to inform professionals, policy-makers and the general public, followed by an event to encourage collaborative effort in propagating aspen.
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The Caledonian Pinewoods in the Highlands of Scotland are unique in the UK; home to some of the UK’s rarest wildlife, they are also economically important for commercial timber enterprises. However, in recent years, Dothistroma Needle Blight (DNB) has become increasingly widespread, affecting at least eighty-two species of pine worldwide, including the UK’s native Scots […]
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Ecochar offers a novel biochar-based carbon removal solution with outstanding biodiversity co-benefits: the removal of widespread and highly invasive rhododendron which threatens Scotland’s rare coastal temperate rainforest. Treeconomy has gathered a group of partners from across the UK Biochar Demonstrator, University of Nottingham, National Trust for Scotland, Woodland Trust Scotland, and Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest. […]
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The Kilsture Forest Community Group were keen to develop their role as co-custodians of the forest through a Citizen Science project, film screenings, surveys (including mycorrhizal networks), storytelling and an artists residency. In 2018 the forest was being sold by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) so the community rallied to reverse the planned disposal. KFCG opted […]
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Dr. François-Xavier Joly is project leader of this University of Stirling project which is quantifying how native woodland regeneration (NWR) affects the quantity of carbon stored in plant biomass, above and belowground and in the soil. “While NWR likely increases carbon sequestration in the vegetation through tree growth, it may not necessarily lead to a […]
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The University of York, along with the James Hutton Institute and Forest Research, aimed to develop the first microsatellite markers to enable a population genetic study of the Shining Guest Ant, a British Action Plan woodland specialist species. Outcomes This aim was achieved, with the development and analysis of eight microsatellite markers which showed sufficient […]
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The project set out to map all Scottish woodland and tree toponyms across the Gàidhealtachd, which, co-ordinated with other evidence, helps to map the historical presence of woodland. Some of these areas are still wooded but, of particular interest, are the current areas of open ground, with no records of previous land-use beyond linguistic clues […]
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