The latest news from the Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes Opinion piece published in Scottish Forestry A new opinion piece written by Naomi Housego-Day, Lorna Street and Willie McGhee, was published in November 2024. New CSFL report highlights disastrous cost of inaction on nature restoration A new report published today has revealed the potentially devastating consequences Scotland could face if accelerated action is not taken to protect and restore nature. Launch of ‘Restoration Partnership Development’ toolkit A year-long research project by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge has created a toolkit to help UK restoration practitioners understand and discuss different stakeholder views and manage disagreements respectfully and productively Novel mapping of Scotland’s rainforests using state-of-the-art drone imaging and machine learning A joint project between the University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences and Forestry and Land Scotland (funded by Forestry and Land Scotland), is currently underway exploring the use of ultra-high resolution aerial LiDAR, multispectral and RGB data to map invasive species in Scotland’s rainforests. New collection of case-studies of woodland creation through natural colonisation What can you expect by allowing trees to establish through natural processes? This article was published on 2023-12-13
