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Trees for Life (Scotland)

Index Trees for Life (Scotland)

Trees for Life is a registered charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest and its unique wildlife to the Scottish Highlands. [1]

39 relations: Achnashellach, Alan Watson Featherstone, Aspen, Betula nana, Birch, Black grouse, Caledonian Forest, Corrimony, Deer, Eurasian beaver, Eurasian lynx, Eurasian wolf, Forestry Commission, Formica rufa species group, Glen Affric, Glen Cannich, Glenmoriston, Golden eagle, Gordon Buchanan, Habitat conservation, Hayley Mills, Highland Wildlife Park, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Juniper, Linnaea, Muriel Gray, National Trust for Scotland, Overgrazing, Patronage, Primula vulgaris, Red squirrel, Rowan, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Scotland, Scots pine, Scottish Highlands, Vanessa Collingridge, Western capercaillie, Wild boar.

Achnashellach

Achnashellach (Gaelic: Achadh nan Seileach) is an area in Wester Ross in the Highlands of Scotland, and within the Highland council area.

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Alan Watson Featherstone

Alan Watson Featherstone (born 10, Feb. 1954) is the founder and executive director of the conservation charity Trees for Life.

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Aspen

Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the Populus genus.

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Betula nana

Betula nana, the dwarf birch, is a species of birch in the family Betulaceae, found mainly in the tundra of the Arctic region.

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Birch

A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.

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Black grouse

The black grouse or blackgame or blackcock (Tetrao tetrix) is a large game bird in the grouse family.

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Caledonian Forest

The Caledonian Forest is the name given to the former (ancient old-growth) temperate rainforest of Scotland.

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Corrimony

Corrimony is a small village at the western end of Glenurquhart, in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland, now within Highland council area.

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Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.

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Eurasian beaver

The Eurasian beaver or European beaver (Castor fiber) is a species of beaver which was once widespread in Eurasia.

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Eurasian lynx

The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Siberia, Central, Eastern, and Southern Asia, Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Eurasian wolf

The Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), also known as the common wolfMech, L. David (1981), The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species, University of Minnesota Press, p. 354, or Middle Russian forest wolf,Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N. P. (1998), Science Publishers, Inc.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in England and Scotland (on 1 April 2013 Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales).

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Formica rufa species group

The Formica rufa group is a subgeneric group within the genus Formica, first proposed by William Morton Wheeler.

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Glen Affric

Glen Affric (Gleann Afraig) is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some to the west of Loch Ness.

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Glen Cannich

Glen Cannich (Gleann Chanaich) is a long glen in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland and through which runs the River Cannich.

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Glenmoriston

Glenmoriston or Glen Moriston (Gleann Moireasdan) is a river glen in the Scottish Highlands, that runs from Loch Ness, at the village of Invermoriston, westwards to Loch Cluanie, where it meets with Glen Shiel.

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Golden eagle

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Gordon Buchanan

Gordon Buchanan is a Scottish wildlife filmmaker and presenter best known for Tribes, Predators & Me, Elephant Families & Me, Gorilla Family & Me, The Bear Family & Me, Life in the Snow, Polar Bear Town and the 2018 documentary Animals with Cameras.

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Habitat conservation

Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitat areas for wild plants and animals, especially conservation reliant species, and prevent their extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range.

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Hayley Mills

Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress.

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Highland Wildlife Park

The Highland Wildlife Park is a safari park and zoo near Kingussie, Highland, Scotland.

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Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Hyacinthoides non-scripta (formerly Endymion non-scriptus or Scilla non-scripta) is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant.

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Juniper

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Linnaea

Linnaea is a plant genus in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family).

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Muriel Gray

Muriel Gray FRSE (born 30 August 1958) is a Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist.

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National Trust for Scotland

The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland (Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a Scottish conservation organisation.

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Overgrazing

Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.

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Patronage

Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.

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Primula vulgaris

Primula vulgaris, the common primrose is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to western and southern Europe (from the Faroe Islands and Norway south to Portugal, and east to Germany, Ukraine, the Crimea, and the Balkans), northwest Africa (Algeria), and southwest Asia (Turkey east to Iran).

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Red squirrel

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia.

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Rowan

The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus of the rose family, Rosaceae.

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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scots pine

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is a species of pine that is native to Eurasia, ranging from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia, and north to well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia.

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; A’ Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland.

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Vanessa Collingridge

Vanessa Jane Collingridge (born 12 January 1968) is a British author and broadcaster.

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Western capercaillie

The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the wood grouse, heather cock, or just capercaillie, is the largest member of the grouse family.

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Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine,Heptner, V. G.; Nasimovich, A. A.; Bannikov, A. G.; Hoffman, R. S. (1988), Volume I, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, pp.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_for_Life_(Scotland)

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