Glen Affric: A landscape worth restoring

Narrated by acclaimed cameraman and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan, this five-minute film – ‘Glen Affric: A landscape worth restoring’ – celebrates 60 years of forest restoration in the glen and highlights the opportunities for wildlife and the local economy going forward.

[simonartley]

This is a fine and effective initiative that is regenerating this environment and negating generations of unforeseen neglect.Glen Affric is a fine place.

[randlerobbertson]

I love worldwide reforestarion efforts. gives me hope....

[Zarina]

This is the most important issue of our time. Everything else will follow on.

[scotlandsreferendumdebates]

Had never heard the term 'Granny Pine' before. After looking it up, I now understand.

[lostcreek]

Happy to see the great improvements of flora!

[guriinii]

In 60 years? Free from bloodsports, culls and animal agriculture. Hopefully more areas will follow suit. The Pennines, the Lake District, all our uplands should be rewilded.

[tanakakokilovad]

Save trees. Save life 🌍🐦🦜🦌🕷🐛🐞🐜🦋🐺🦊🐝🐻🐿🦥🐁🦝🐌🐇🌳🌱

[Nitka]

in 60 years?...thick, tall trees, with rich undercover and bushes...and full of bisons??...wild boars?....and brown bears!!....:-))))..I want it all....lol...:-))

[cprk]

I didn't know the British Isles could look that beautiful

[LureThosePixels]

More like pine-eers for a future forest, amirite? Ha.... :/

[damnedmadman]

Why this is the last video on this channel? It's almost a year old now.

[dmitrimikrioukov]

You are lucky the Scots pine grows and propagates in nature relatively quickly. The white bark pine in California, for example, does this a lot slower.

[lamebubblesflysohigh]

you either need wolf, lynx and bear to keep grazers in check or shoot them

[Serenoj]

In 60 years? We have one huge problem here: global warming. So which trees species can grow in 60 years or more? Scots Pine is in dire straits as is (by extension) the Caledonian Forest. So in my view Glen Affric should already be mixed with trees that do well in climates that are 3-5 C warmer than they are today. Say Douglas Fir should be planted, some broadleaved trees from the south. Also: hunting has no place in a national park. reintroduce wolves and bears. So you can get rid of those fences without hunting.

[jimmcauley]

Will Trees for Life object to the proposed massive wind farm on the periphery of Glen Affric? Forty six turbines on a 5000 acres site. Given your work on restoration you still didn't see fit to object to the smaller site, fortunately refused, back in 2015 maybe now you'll be less hypocritical!

[nl]

its incredibly poor diversity of trees  where are the oaks, hazels etc that once covered most of the lower slopes.  you also plant trees on bare ground with no root fungi  how the hell can trees find nutrients without fungi   learn from nature

[ChantalCooke]

I am all for re-wilding, but I am not in favour of killing animals in order to do it, and promoting hunting as part of it - both of which this video seems to advocate.