Take a short walk with us through Olav’s Wood, South Ronaldsay in this film. You never know what (or who) you might see.
Counting Carbon Storage in a Log Jam
“We have great knowledge about carbon in other forms, like dissolved or particulate organic carbon, but not what we call ‘large carbon’ — large wood.” – Alicia Sendrowski
Trees for Life: The Benefits of Cooling Down
“Predictions based on current emissions reveal that heat-related illness and death will become a bigger burden to our health services over the next decades.” ISGlobal researcher Tamara Iungman
Scotland’s Tree Oscars 2023
“The awards really are open to anyone with a high-quality project, whether that be a small school nursery or a major forestry business, an expert forester, a community woodland or a farmer.” Jean Nairn, Executive Director of Scotland’s Finest Woods,
Documenting the Ancient Art in the Bark of Boab Trees
“We are in a race against time to document this invaluable cultural heritage.” Traditional Owner Brenda Garstone
Rapid Growth of Scottish Rewilding
Cared for by volunteers of the Tireragan Trust, the site is home to a remnant of nationally important Atlantic rainforest, and has been a rewilding pioneer since 1997 when intensive grazing was curtailed.
The Evolution of Woodiness
The evolution of woodiness is still happening today, particularly in these areas that are known as natural laboratories of evolution: islands.
‘The ideal situation is what we should be aiming for’ – New Life for the Land #OISF
‘New Life for the Land and Wildlife and People’ – the title of Derek Pretswell’s talk for the Orkney International Science Festival on Tuesday 6th of September, basically summarised his whole presentation.
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks” John Muir
“Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy’s kite.”
The Trees of the Peedie Sea
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” ― Chinese proverb