Winter berries bring a beautiful pop of colour to your walk through a woodland in winter. With fewer leaves on the trees, the winter months are a great time to spot birds hopping between the branches in search of this vital food source. Packed with nutrients, winter berries are essential in helping birds to maintain … Continued
National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, running from Saturday the 25th November to 3rd December. Throughout the UK, organisations, community groups and individuals will be planting thousands of trees to mark the start of the winter tree planting season. We wanted to share a mini National Tree Week Quiz to test … Continued
We traded our screens for green scenes and our keyboards for cranberries and wildflowers, for an in-person team get-together! Our entire team, including our commercial team, who usually support our mission remotely, met at our Leadloch site for a bit of fresh air and in-field work! Leadloch is our 155 Ha site in the Central … Continued
At The Future Forest Company, our nature-based carbon reduction projects provide high-quality carbon units with transparency, traceability and authenticity, validated and audited by the revered Woodland Carbon Code and the Peatland Carbon Code.
‘It is impossible to reverse nature loss, address the climate crisis and develop sustainable economies without forests,’ said WWF Global Forests Lead Fran Price this week, upon the release of the 2023 Forest Pathways Report from WWF & the Forest Declaration Assessment. The report highlights that despite pledges made at COP26 two years ago to … Continued
On the UN International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction this 13th October, we look at why restoring our peatlands is so vital. Peatlands are a wonderful natural resource. In a healthy condition, their carbon-rich ecosystems have a net cooling effect on climate. Healthy peatlands also reduce flood risk and support nature. However, in a damaged … Continued
There is no let-up in the decline of the UK’s wildlife, according to the State of Nature Report 2023. The report uses data from biological monitoring and recording schemes to show the status of wildlife in the UK. The 2023 report also repeats the claim from 2019’s report that the UK is ‘one of the … Continued
At our Glenaros estate on the Isle of Mull, Rebecca Lewis from Buglife and the Mull and Iona Ranger Service have been leading training sessions in monitoring riverfly populations on the River Aros. Read on to find out more about what they have found. Training on the River Aros The Mull and Iona Ranger Service now have … Continued
This year, at our Glenaros estate on the Isle of Mull, we welcomed Rebecca Lewis from Buglife and the Mull and Iona Ranger Service to lead training sessions in monitoring riverfly populations on the River Aros which runs through the estate. So why are riverflies important? What can we learn from riverflies? Riverflies are a key part … Continued
On Sunday 24th September, more than 100 countries across six continents will participate in World Rivers Day, one of the planet’s biggest environmental celebrations. World Rivers Day highlights the many values of rivers, increasing public awareness of their importance and encouraging the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. In the words of World Rivers Day … Continued
Bat Night is an international celebration of bats, taking place in more than 30 countries on the last full weekend of August. The event sees hundreds of bat events taking place across the world, and you can take part this year by finding an event near you. Or you could organise your own event by … Continued
Meet David Carruth, our award-winning Site Assistant at our Brodoclea site, a diverse reforested landscape with trees at every stage of life, and home to our Mangalitza woolly pigs. With a background rooted in farming, David’s journey led him to a profound love for woodlands and the environment. Armed with an Environmental Science degree, David … Continued
In the face of the ever-increasing climate crisis, addressing carbon emissions has become paramount for businesses and individuals alike. However, the intricacies surrounding carbon and its regulatory frameworks can be overwhelming and add uncertainty. That’s why we want to shed light on our carbon projects and how they can help businesses mitigate their residual carbon … Continued
In the final part of our guest blog series by lichenologist Sandy Coppins we take a look at lichen in the hazelwood on our Glenaros site. Lichenologists Andy Acton and Brian Coppins spent several rainy days exploring woodlands at the Glenaros Estate on Mull. They were particularly interested in finding lichens on stands of Atlantic Hazel. … Continued
Lichenologist Sandy Coppins takes us deep into the heart of Atlantic Hazelwoods, the oldest woodlands in Scotland. The special lichen communities found within the Atlantic Hazelwoods need a habitat of comfortable continuity where disturbance is low, and things tick over quietly; woodlands that have existed for many hundreds, even thousands of years. Some stands of Atlantic Hazelwood satisfy these … Continued
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