Jan R. Boehnke<p>“We should’ve moved beyond a world where conservation bodies need to acquire large amounts of land; we should be restoring land through well-crafted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a>.”<br>Andy Wightman in<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/03/mystery-donors-175m-gift-could-turn-scottish-estate-into-rewilding-showcase" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/03/mystery-donors-175m-gift-could-turn-scottish-estate-into-rewilding-showcase</span></a></p><p>Very interesting read, especially together with this older piece (2yrs ago) on the other side, how corporate tree-planting in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> risks widening rural inequality<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/05/tree-planting-drive-scottish-highlands-risks-widening-inequality" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/05/tree-planting-drive-scottish-highlands-risks-widening-inequality</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arainneachd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arainneachd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>