Reforesting Scotland 66, Autumn/Winter 2022 Quotes

“Large-scale reforestation of the Scottish hills and uplands through natural regeneration offers a tantalising prospect in terms of recovering our lost biodiversity, balancing our carbon budget and, I would argue, an opportunity to reinvigorate the economy of remoter rural areas. All that stands in the way are medieval laws designed centuries ago to prevent poaching and exclude people, and a forestry sector that follows, blindly, the corporate industrial forestry model.”
― Douglas Macmillan, Reforesting Scotland 66, Autumn/Winter 2022

“Achieving truly sustainable cities is one of the great global challenges of the 21st century. Anticipating change now and making design decisions that build resilience in urban environments is vital but for these design solutions to succeed, we need to reconsider how we perceive cities. This means seeing our urban areas as ecosystems in their own right rather than being separate and distinct from the geology, soils, water and natural habitats they are built upon.”
― Mandy Meikle, Reforesting Scotland 66, Autumn/Winter 2022