Amid a push to build more wind turbines, Scottish Tory MSP Liam Kerr said almost 16 million trees had been felled in Scotland to accommodate wind farms. He cited that concerns over this development ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeremy Roberts, RSPB’s senior site manager at the Abernethy reserve explains the 200 year vision to extend the ancient Caledonian ...
I WAS pleased to hear calls for a low-carbon economy from the Labour Party conference. Perhaps we will see long-term measures introduced soon to achieved this. Scotland has a great expanse of moorland ...
Work has begun on a scheme to restore native Caledonian pine forest in Speyside, which will involve planting almost 100,000 trees. The project is focused on the RSPB's Abernethy Forest nature reserve.
It was once so vast it blanketed much of the Highlands. Now young people are being sought for training in vital conservation skills to boost moves to bring about the return of the native Great ...
Scotland was once home to 1.5 million hectares of native Caledonian pinewood. Now only 1% of this life-supporting habitat is left. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering ...
More than 60 insect species are known to feed on the tree, which has leaves that flutter, even in a gentle breeze, giving it the nickname ‘tremlin tree’ in Scots. Did you know with a Digital ...
Fragments of the once vast Caledonian forest are dotted across parts of Argyll, Highlands and Aberdeenshire. Some of the Scots pines are descendants of trees that appeared at the end of the last ice ...