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Non-Government Organisations  | Development Trust Association Scotland Development trusts offer a fresh approach to community regeneration. These organisations draw together the energy, committment and creativity of local people to tackle local issues. |
 | First Port is a registered charity working to support new and emerging social entrepreneurs, both groups and individuals, throughout Scotland. |
 | Greenspace Scotland was established in 2003 to promote a step change in the development and management of quality greenspaces in our towns and cities. |
 | Local People Leading is a campaign for organisations and individuals across Scotland who support a strong and independent community sector. Please click on the link above and sign up to this campaign. |
 | The Paths for All Partnership was set up to facilitate the development of paths for recreation, health and well-being, strengthening communities, sustainable transport and economic development. |
 | Reforesting Scotland is a networking organisation of those active in the ecological and social regeneration of Scotland. |
 | Scottish Native Woods exists to rescue, restore and expand Scotland’s native (natural) woodlands. |
 | With conservation at the heart of the organisation, we are committed to giving homes, a voice and access to wildlife. |
 | Senscot started in response to Scotland’s many social problems. Their particular role is to recognise the contribution of those tackling injustice and to support them and their endeavours. |
 | The Small Woods Association is Britain’s leading organisation in supporting and promoting the work done by the owners and carers of small woodlands. |
 | The award-winning conservation charity dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland. |
 | Tree For All is the most ambitious children’s tree-planting project ever launched in the UK, with plans to help plant 12 million trees over the next five years. |
 | The Woodland Trust has been conserving woodland for more than 30 years and is now recognised as the leading voluntary-sector organisation devoted to the conservation of the UK’s woodland. |
 | The Community Woodland Network is an interactive network for community woodland groups to share information and resources. We know that all these groups benefit from the exchange of ideas and support with resources. |
New Caledonian Woodlands is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers projects which offer real benefits to the environment and to local communities. We aim to: Improve local environmental community assets and help create new ones; Create opportunities that allow people to get involved in a hands-on way to bring about environmental improvements; Offer people the opportunity to learn more about their impact on the environment and how to reduce it. |
 | We serve as the forestry department of the Scottish Executive, advising on and implementing forestry policy and managing the national forest estate. |
 | We are a world leader in the research and development of sustainable forestry and are Britain’s principal organisation for forestry and tree related research. |
 | Natural Scotland (Scottish Executive) Ministers aim to help the people of Scotland secure a high quality of life through sensitive stewardship and sustainable development of the country’s natural resources. |
 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra’s core purpose is to improve the current and future quality of life. |
 | Our basic philosophy is simple: we must care for and sustain our natural heritage if we want it to sustain us. |
 | Joint Nature Conservation Committee JNCC is the statutory adviser to Government on UK and international nature conservation. |
 | The current Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 tasks the Commission with overseeing crofting legislation and developing crofting. |
 | Highlands & Islands Enterprise - Community Land Unit The aim of the team is to increase the role of communities in the ownership and management of land and land assets, and the sustainable management of these resources for the benefit of the community. |
 | The Highland Council is committed to working for the increased prosperity and wellbeing of people living and working in the Highlands. |
 | The Big Lottery Fund in Scotland distributes half of all the lottery funding available for Scotland. |
 | Forward Scotland is striving to create a culture of sustainable development among Scotland’s people through a variety of projects. |
 | Fresh Futures is a Scottish funding body set up in 2001 to offer grants to community environmental projects. |
 | Association of Polelathe Turners and Greenwood Workers The Association of Polelathe Turners and Greenwood Workers was created in 1990 by a group of a dozen like minded individuals who wanted to rescue the art of polelathe turning and greenwood working from obscurity. |
 | This project aims to document/map the ownership of Scotland. |
 | The Scottish Basketmakers’ Circle exists to promote basketmaking and allied crafts - chairseating and environmental sculptures - in Scotland. |
| Laide and Aultbea Community Woodland Ltd Situated in the North West of the Scottish Highlands, Laide Wood is owned by the community and covers an area of hill moorland which was once part of the local Common Grazings. The boundary forms a stretched D shape, with the A832 running from Laide to Aultbea along the straight of the D. |
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| Free online machinery ring for small scale operators and conservation managers. | |
The wood gives considerable pleasure to those who use it. The woodland is predominantly Scots Pine with mixed hardwoods of Oak, Birch, Rowan and Holly. Some of the Scots Pine are 100 years old and surely the aim must be to keep them another 100 years. The woodland has been used with the owners agreement for recreational purposes by the local community particularly those of Guisach Terrace when it was owned by Cameron of Lochiel. |