Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands. Photo Credit: Grant Willoughby

Environment United Kingdom11. January 2022

This Initiative Wants to Reforest Over 500,000 Acres of Land

Following three years of consultation, an initiative took shape to restore nature across Scotland’s Highlands, with the help of local communities and partners, as well as environmental organizations.

“With Scotland’s rewilding movement growing rapidly – and the Scottish Rewilding Alliance calling for Scotland to become the world’s first Rewilding Nation, with the rewilding of 30% of the country’s land and sea by 2030 – [the] Affric Highlands [initiative] will take large-scale nature recovery to a new level, providing a catalyst for the local economy at the same time,” says Steve Micklewright, Chief Executive of Trees for Life.

Through the initiative, more than half a million acres will be restored, from Loch Ness across the central Highlands to Kintail, in the west of the country. A group of 20 landowners – who own at least 25% of the total area – and six organizations joined the project aimed at connecting habitats. Reforesting is set to start in 2023.

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Irish Tech News

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