Trees discovered at record-breaking altitudes highlight why we should restore Scotland’s mountain woodland By Sarah Watts, PhD Researcher in Plant Ecology and Conservation, University of Stirling. Published in The Conversation August 23rd 2023. Featured image The Pine Forest of the Cairngorms (c) Mark Hamblin/2020VISION The Scottish Highlands are celebrated for wide-open views of spectacular glens …
Waking the Wind; Finding the Folklore of a Fragile Ecology By Raghnaid Sandilands, published on 26th May 2023 in Bella Caledonia The exhibition A Fragile Correspondence opened last weekend in Venice, one of the eight collateral events for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia at the Arsenale Docks, S. Pietro di …
By Anita Roy Published on 3rd May 2022 on The Ecologist. website. The article first appeared in the current issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. Visiting a 3,000-year-old neighbour Tree time is slow time. Stand by an old tree for a while and watch how your fast, animal body responds. Your breath lengthens, your heart …
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Patron of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC), has unveiled a nationwide network of 70 Ancient Woodlands and 70 Ancient Trees to be dedicated to Her Majesty in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee. The Arran Ranger Service report: The National Trust for Scotland is delighted that Merkland Wood at …
First published Tuesday, 19 November 2019, Forestry and Land. The Tree Council’s nation-wide celebration National Tree Week is here, taking place on 27th November to 5th December 2021! Back in 2017, the Council and dozens of partner organisations and charities got together to create The Tree Charter, or to give it its full title, The …
A new report published at the end of last month proposes a radical pathway for Scotland to become a Woodland Nation. In the following article, Rob Edwards from The Ferret takes a closer look at what this means. There seems to be consensus that the country needs to dramatically increase the number of trees. However there’s …
Writer and rewilding campaigner, Gordon Eaglesham, explores the astonishing natural history of the magical oak tree. First published in the November issue of Think Like A Mountain. For more information see Scotland: The Big Picture Few species demonstrate the inter-connectedness of nature better than the oak. A single tree can create and support an entire …
Tom Bowser, Head Ranger of Argaty Red Kites, explores the value of montane woodland and discovers an exciting new restoration plan to return small trees to the mountain environment. “Trees don’t grow at altitudes of over 500 metres.” It’s a comment that we frequently hear. Have we become so used to barren hillsides, devoid of …
By Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL, writing for the online publication The Conversation on 30th November. Humans have cut down half the trees on Earth since the dawn of agriculture – over 3 trillion of them. This huge loss holds the potential for massive reforestation today, which would protect local environments from …
Originally published in the Guardian’s Country Diary on August 6th, by Carey Davis. (Featured picture is of an Arran whitebeam in Glen Catacol). The Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde: These self-cloned Sorbus species are unique not only to Arran but to two particular glens. Glen Catacol is hot, humid, slightly overcast, and nothing stirs …