Projects
Reforesting Scotland has always carried a range of projects. Delivering support and advice to people who are developing their own initiatives for a sustainable Scotland can be as important as lobbying the government to change their policies. We try to avoid competing with other organisations providing such services, often filling a gap in provision of advice and support for community and individual initiatives. The projects respond to the needs of the membership and project participants and we are innovative in our approach and in the subjects we cover.
For details of some of the projects Reforesting Scotland has carried out in the past, see the Past projects section.
Access and Inclusion: Woods for All
Encouraging access for disabled people to woodlands all over Scotland, and
surveying sites to see how access may be improved.
Woods for All activities include:
- Aberdeenshire Disability Active Pathway Trails (ADAPT)
- Blarbuie Woodland Project
- Publications, including Tree Identification resource packs and woodland greeting cards
- Access and Inclusion Consultancy
ForestHarvest website
The dedicated website for Scotland's wild harvests and non-timber forest products.
Fuelwood
Promoting schemes to use fuelwood - logs, woodchips, sawdust, etc. - as an alternative method of heating and power in rural areas.
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
This page gives an overview of Reforesting Scotland's work promoting non-timber forest products - food, decorative products, herbal medicines and pharmaceuticals - and helping companies to market these products. Reforesting Scotland projects involving NTFPs have included the Sustainable Forest Harvest project, the Wild Harvests Sector Support project, the ForestHarvest website, and involvement in the Scottish Working Woods label, as well as producing information and organising seminars.
The Scottish Working Woods label
Reforesting Scotland is one of the partner organisations involved with developing and administering this initiative to promote products from Scotland's woods.
Woodlanders
An inspirational book, celebrating the work of Reforesting Scotland, its members and other woodland pioneers.