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The Future Forest Company-Bikes, Bees and Trees Rally 2023 (1)

Bikes, Bees and Trees Rally 2023

In mid April we hosted the inaugural Bikes, Bees and Trees rally, a long distance cycling event with a plan to help people engage with the environments they are cycling through. The plan for the weekend was conservation work at our Dumyat site and tree planting at Glenaros with a hefty off-road cycle in between. … Continued

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What’s Happening at Dumyat? Spring 2023

Our vision for Dumyat is to create an exemplar of sustainable land management through woodland creation and habitat restoration. Our Dumyat Woodland Creation plan aims to extend woodland habitat networks, enhance biodiversity and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. We will plant over 340k trees, mainly composed of broadleaf species such as Oak and Birch. Take … Continued

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Discussing Natural Capital Markets with the Scottish public sector at Dumyat

The Future Forest Company (FFC)  team met up with the the public sector partnership working on private investment in natural capital in Scotland at our Dumyat site, beside Stirling.  The partnership Includes economic and environmental leads from across Scottish Government and the wider public sector including NatureScot, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and the Hutton Institute.. … Continued

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The Art Of Ground Preparation

Here in the UK, tree planting season spans from December to April, our team are busy with ground preparations ahead of planting. A lot of background work needs to take place before the ground is ready for the new saplings to be planted. We want to ensure that every tree we plant has the best … Continued

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Biodiversity Book Bundle Giveaway! #COP15

The UN Biodiversity Conference AKA COP15 will unite governments from around the world from 7-19th December, to agree to a new set of goals for nature over the next decade. Discussions will cover all forms of life from microscopic viruses to large mammals, looking at conservation, knowledge-sharing and financial policies associated with these organisms and … Continued

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22 Actions for Biodiversity

On 22nd May 2022, the International Day for Biological Diversity took place. Biodiversity and nature are everything we stand for here at The Future Forest Company. We create and maintain systems to protect habitats, restore ecosystems and encourage local biodiversity to flourish.  “Without biodiversity, there is no future for humanity” -Prof David Macdonald, Oxford University The biodiversity … Continued

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Q&A: The Carbon Sequestration Potential of Scottish Native Woodland- Professor Dominick Spracklen

We caught up with Professor Dominick Spracklen of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions, University of Leeds to discuss the carbon sequestration potential of Scottish native woodland. You’ve been looking into the carbon sequestration potential of Scottish native woodland. Can you tell us about your findings? We wanted to know how much carbon could be removed and stored if … Continued

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Scottish Wildcats Conservation

When you visit the Scottish Highlands, it’s almost impossible not to notice wildcats. They’re represented on many buildings and gates, several clans have mottos referencing the cats’ defiant nature, some whisky distilleries also have wildcats in their imagery or in the stories about how the distillery first started. There’s even art installations with life-size painted … Continued