A list of old news items 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? Carbon offsets should embrace uncertainty The forest carbon offset market is built on the idea that you can predict exactly how much carbon a project will lock away from the atmosphere. But exact predictions are a scientific impossibility, argues a new policy research paper in Science. Instead, the market should learn from other sectors that successfully manage deep uncertainty. Launch of Edinburgh Forests and Landscapes Network(ing) Centre launches monthly events in collaboration with the University's Forest and Peatland Programme Exploring tools to support the integration of nature into landscape planning decisions Work carried out to map, compare and appraise landscape planning tools that use a ‘natural capital’ approach. This article was published on 2026-04-08
