Rewilding: How Trees for Life are renewing the Highlands

14.12.2019

Helped by volunteers, Trees for Life planted nearly 2m native trees on its Scottish projects. It wants to plant millions more Please donate to our appeal hereThe bracken-clad hills are marked "Dundreggan forest" on the map but this Scottish glen is mostly stark Highland scenery: open, beautiful, and almost totally devoid of trees.On a steep-sided little gully, 40 years ago, a few baby silver birches escaped relentless browsing by red deer and grew tall. Now, the nearby path through the bracken is dusted with thousands of brown specks: birch seeds. Continue reading...

Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/14/rewilding-how-trees-for-life-are-renewing-the-highlands

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