Why Scotland is planting 60,000 trees a day – Fergus Ewing

Scotland’s rich history and culture have forests and woodlands right at their core. 

Forests contribute 1 billion pounds a year to Scotland's rural economy, support 25,000 jobs and absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Our ancient tales speak of the vast Caledonian forest, home to heroes and legends.

In the 1940s, Nan Shepherd, in her gem of landscape writing, “The Living Mountain”, observed how felling and regrowth in the forests of the Cairngorms marched with the history of the great wars of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Read the story from The Scotsman - “Why Scotland is planting 60,000 trees a day – Fergus Ewing.”