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Dalnavie - 2024 Winner of Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards
Dalnavie Woodland, a thriving carbon offset project spanning 41 hectares near Alness, Highland, was the winner of the James Jones Trophy for New Commercial Woods at the Scotland's Finest Woods Awards 2024.
The woodland creation scheme was designed to create a sustainable, productive timber resource that protects and enhances key habitats, whilst promoting other benefits such as public access, landscape character and amenity value.
Through the scheme we are supporting a huge amount of local employment as well as creating a timber resource for the future.
Fron Uchaf - 2024 Winner of Welsh Royal Show
Fron Uchaf is a 50 hectare block of mixed woodland, predominantly mid-rotation conifer but with a good proportion of broadleaves of varying ages found throughout. The forest was entered into the 2024 Royal Welsh Show Woodlands Competition and was awarded a Gold medal for Broadleaved Woodland stands between 11 - 40 years old. The winning stand was an area of 29 year old broadleaves, predominantly birch and oak, which were thinned out 18 months ago. The change in the stand has been remarkable, with tree crowns filling out, and regeneration of more oak and hazel starting to grow really well underneath. The even-aged stand is starting to become more diverse and is full of wildlife. Managing forests well, always brings challenges, but thought-out proactive management reaps real rewards both for the productivity of the commercial forest and the wider eco -system. We are proud of Fron Uchaf and how it’s developing.
Dalnavie - Carbon Offset
A Scottish carbon offset project transforming land and climate.
In the heart of the Scottish Highlands lies Dalnavie Woodland, a thriving carbon offset project spanning 41 hectares, equivalent to 77 football pitches. With a commitment to combatting climate change and transforming land use, Dalnavie Woodland, supported by CPI Euromix, Potanow Forestry and CarbonStore, is making significant contributions to the environment and the local community.
Dalnavie Woodland boasts the planting of approximately 100,000 trees, with 90% being productive conifers, including Norway and Sitka spruce, and Douglas fir. Additionally, four hectares of broadleaves are strategically planted around the perimeter to seamlessly integrate the woodland into the local scenery.
This conversion from low-density grazing land represents a commendable collaboration between CPI Euromix and Potanow Forestry, aligning shared objectives of combating climate change and utilising land for both environmental and agricultural benefits.
Over the next 45 years, Dalnavie Woodland is poised to achieve three significant objectives:
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Timber production: The woodland is expected to yield approximately 17,000 tonnes of timber, an environmentally friendly building material crucial for reducing carbon emissions in the construction sector.
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Job creation and economic activity: Local harvesting and haulage contractors will play a vital role in thinning and harvesting the trees, generating jobs and economic activity within the community.
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Carbon capture: According to the Woodland Carbon Code, Dalnavie Woodland is projected to capture 11,497 tonnes of carbon, equivalent to the emissions generated by a passenger car traveling an astonishing 52 million miles.
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