The aim of this University of Glasgow project is to quantify the extent of non-native plant invasion within the WrEN Scottish network of broadleaf woodland creation sites and determine the drivers of invasion to inform conservation management. The Woodland Creation & Ecological Networks project (WrEN) was established in 2014 and is a large-scale, long-term natural […]
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In support of a PhD project titled: Mountain birch in Scotland: genetics and recovery. The project has been developed collaboratively between the University of Stirling, UK Centre for Ecology Hydrology (UKCEH), Forest Research, Corrour Estate, National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). This 3-year PhD project will address the following questions […]
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Loch Abar Mòr is a nature restoration partnership led by SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, working at a regional scale to enable communities across Lochaber to thrive in an ecologically diverse and climate resilient landscape. This grant helped to engage 93 key land managers through four demonstration site visits and raised awareness about the value of riparian […]
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Having contributed a grant towards the pre-cursor project to the Common Ground Forum (CGF) in 2022, we awarded a further grant in recognition of the positive impacts achieved by the network since it has become established. The network is committed to work in the spirit of respectful dialogue and collaboration, as set out in the […]
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This grant will enable SCOTLAND: The Big Picture to demonstrate and communicate how to increase the cover of native woodland ground flora within native woodland creation schemes. This will be achieved through a combination of planting and natural colonisation across four sites in their Northwoods Rewilding Network. The lack of woodland ground flora colonising planted […]
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Rhyze is a workers’ cooperative in Edinburgh who have delivered a previously funded feasibility study into the social, ecological and commercial case for Chaga cultivation in Scotland. This grant will support the next stage of their work to produce a stable and reliable strain of native chaga in vitro which can be used to produce […]
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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 undertook an integrated study to 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 went 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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