Forestry grants, tree planting and native woodland (1) - 30 years on in Glen Shiel - parkswatchscotland This is the first in a series of posts which looks at what forestry grants to large landowners to plant trees has done for native woodland in Scotland based mainly on the evidence I have seen on the g...

Instead of paying landowners to reduce deer density to levels that allow native woodland to regenerate naturally, the public are paying them to plant trees to maintain deer numbers at high levels. | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
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Glen Prosen - how Scotland's forestry system is turning opportunity into disaster - parkswatchscotland In my last post I argued that the Scottish Government should transfer some of the £53m it has allocated for forestry grants next year to its own agency, Forest and Land Scotland, to reduce deer on its...

The Scottish Government and Scotland's forestry and natural heritage agencies are continuing to pursue environmentally-damaging neoliberal policies with vigour. ☹️
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