In the Affric Highlands of Scotland, a growing coalition of landowners, residents, businesses, and other stakeholders is driving nature recovery across the landscape. Two new official partners — including Glen Affric National Nature Reserve — will strengthen these efforts, amplifying the benefits for biodiversity, climate, and communities.
Rewilding Affric Highlands has launched a ground-breaking landscape-scale study of red deer in Scotland. The scientific study is using GPS-radio collars on 22 male deer to track the movement and behaviour of this iconic species in the Affric Highlands rewilding landscape.
Rewilding Affric Highlands has just launched in Scotland as a new entity. Complemented by a new website, the rewilding team will continue efforts to revitalise the Affric Highlands landscape and its communities, delivering benefits for nature, climate, and people on a growing scale.
In the Affric Highlands rewilding landscape in Scotland, efforts to protect and restore woodland are supporting natural regeneration and the realisation of a wilder, more biodiverse landscape.
An ongoing study in the Affric Highlands rewilding landscape in Scotland has found that rewilding is having a positive impact on black grouse numbers. Collaborative efforts between local volunteers, estates, and other organisations offers hope that this iconic bird can bounce back after years of decline.
The natural regeneration of forests offers wide-ranging benefits. In the Affric Highlands of Scotland, steps are being taken to enable the recovery of ancient Caledonian pinewoods.
In the Affric Highlands of Scotland, co-ownership of rewilding is ensuring everyone benefits from nature recovery.
The recently launched Change Makers programme is giving Scottish youth the opportunity to shape a more optimistic, nature-connected future.
The Affric Highlands rewilding team are working hard to restore river woodlands. As climate change increasingly impacts the landscape, these will connect fragments of existing native woodland, reducing flood risk, boosting fish populations, and enhancing biodiversity.
People’s wellbeing is inextricably linked to the ecological health of the land where they live. In the heart of the Scottish Highlands, a progressive rewilding initiative is delivering diverse benefits for nature and local communities.