Mapped as ‘An Giubhsach’– meaning ‘pine’ – on the Forgotten Woodlands database, the Glen Mallie Pinewood Restoration project will help protect one of the last remaining fragments of native Caledonian pinewood.

In 2023, surveys by Future Woodlands found that there is natural regeneration present, following the woodland’s 1876 boundaries, but is being prevented from establishing by high numbers of red deer, highlighting the need urgent need for protection.

To address this, Future Woodlands Scotland supported the fencing off of 250 hectares of the remaining Ghost Woodland to shield the trees from deer. This work will build on the restoration work being undertaken by the Woodland Trust and Arkaig Community Woodland in neighbouring pinewood areas as part of the Loch Arkaig Landscape Restoration Partnership – a focus project of the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest.