The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Forestry

SCOTS are being warned that forests may be dangerous after Storm Eowyn, which weakened trees across the region...

A DEMAND has been made for a full review of the system for handing out government grants to companies to plant trees in Scotland for carbon…

Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000 towards a three year trial

THE Scottish Government is set to appoint a “rainforest action co-ordinator” in a bid to restore some of Scotland’s rarest woodland habitat.

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…