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Do you have a project to tell us about?This is the place for member groups to showcase their projects. Whether you are in the early development stages or have completed an exciting project please let us know and we will post it up here for you.
Read more about Do you have a project to tell us about?Rural Alternatives Shared Futures project
A few years ago, when Reforesting Scotland started working on non-timber forest products (NTFPs), virtually no one knew what this term meant. Now interest in NTFPs has grown, both as things that people gather for domestic use and as a commercial harvest. Over the last few years, Reforesting Scotland has tried to develop and distribute information for people who are interested in starting small-scale NTFP enterprises. The Rural Alternative Shared Futures project (RAP) arose because without practical examples of how NTFPs can be developed, it is difficult to demonstrate what NTFP enterprises could do for rural communities. Four community woodland groups were involved in helping to develop NTFP businesses and write up case studies…
Read more about Rural Alternatives Shared Futures projectAlbanach - Promoting Scotland’s Woodland Culture
Are you a supplier of Scottish woodland products or produce ??
Albanach is looking to grow and extend its supply chain participants. If you are or know of a supplier, producer or.........
Read more about Albanach - Promoting Scotland’s Woodland CultureNorthern WoodHeat
Northern WoodHeat, is a Northern Periphery Programme funded project managed by Highland Birchwoods with partners in Scotland, Iceland and Finland. The partners in Scotland include two community woodlands, Dunnet Forestry Trust and Abriachan Forest Trust. Northern WoodHeat aims to set up small and medium scale woodfuel supply chains optimising benefits to local communities.
Wood is the most plentiful source of renewable energy in Northern Europe, and is currently under-exploited. It can be used in a variety of forms and at a range of scales, from stoves for domestic heating up to combined heat and power plants heating whole communities.
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