The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Forestry

ENVIRONMENTAL rule-breaking in Argyll’s commercial forests has polluted protected lochs – including one home to Scotland’s rarest freshwater…

Royal Society of Edinburgh says money should be spent on longer-living native forests with greater biodiversity benefits

A community woodland project has planted their first trees in a plot that will expand to the size of five football fields.

Evidence of Storm Arwen is still visible around Perthshire but in the past year millions of pounds have been invested to ensure when the next lashing inevitably comes, everyone will be better prepared and protected.

Planning officials have recommended the project, which includes a retirement village, can be approved but some councillors have raised concerns over the impact on woodland and health services.

Interested parties in the Kendoon to Tongland Reinforcement Project attended a pre-examination session in Kirkcudbright on Wednesday

NEW figures show Scotland has achieved nearly 80 of the yearly woodland creation target, despite the main planting season being badly affected by a…

Tree planting is set to start this autumn, but the overall rewilding project could take up to 100 years to complete

A total of 33 trees, covered under a Tree Preservation Order, were hacked down in April – just days after a housing developer was given planning permission to build 81 houses on the site near Carmelite Monastery.