Farm forestry is a hot topic
YOU may have noticed trees becoming something of a hot topic lately. With climate change rising up the news agenda, the arguments for increased tree planting to deliver a sustainable wood economy are being made more ever-more urgently. At a political level, there is cross-party support for a major expansion of Scotland’s woodlands and increasing use of sustainable materials. At present, Scotland is planting around 80% of all new UK woodland and is the only part of the UK to have set clear targets for wood use in construction, with the aim of increasing the amount used from around 2....
Source: thescottishfarmer.co.uk