Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today, has: Leading scientists, land managers and environmental campaigners have set out what must be done to save Scotland’s ancient forest, saying, “we must not stand by and see them lost”. The group have published a paper outlining the steps required to overcome threats to Scotland’s “magnificent formations of nature”, Caledonian pinewoods. The risks it details include overgrazing by excessive deer numbers, inappropriate fencing, mounding and planting, and the invasion of non-native species, including rhododendrons. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25657586.snp-tree-planting-policy-threatens-caledonian-pinewoods/ I’m with the campaigners on this but, as often before, the Herald’s selective bias is revealed here. Why have they not offered … Continue reading SNP has planted nearly 20 times as many new trees as Labour Wales and more than 3 times as many as still-Conservative England