Britain’s largest rewilding initiative has been earmarked by the UK and Scottish Governments as a globally-prestigious showcase project to help nature, people and climate, as the United Nations (UN) Decade of Ecosystem Restoration steps up action to halt climate breakdown before 2030.

An ambitious 30-year landscape-scale rewilding initiative to link up a majestic sweep of the Scottish Highlands as one vast nature recovery area connecting Loch Ness to Scotland’s west coast has been launched by Trees for Life, and joins a select group of prestigious European rewilding areas.

Rowan Doff works at Corrary Farm in Glen Beag on the Glenelg peninsula, which sits between Loch Alsh and Loch Hourn. The farm is home to several nature-positive enterprises, including an organic vegetable farm and brewery that supplies the local community. The glen’s 2,000-year-old Pictish brochs, or ‘duns’, add further intrigue to the area, and … Continued

Pete Smith is ‘Green Highlander’ – a fishing tutor based in Strathglass who takes people to some of Affric Highlands’ most beautiful lochs and rivers. His trips focus on helping people connect to, and better understand, the landscape and its wildlife. Affric Highlands’ riverwoods projects, which involve restoring woodland to river banks and headwaters, will significantly … Continued

  Katharine Sharp runs Achpopuli farm in the small community of Abriachan, high on a hill above Loch Ness. With its sheep, cattle, ducks and geese, Achpopuli adopts a regenerative, low-inpact approach. The animals help to create a diversity of habitats and manage the area’s wetlands, which in turn support the animals. A haven for birdlife, snipe, … Continued