image for illustration: Fiona Newton
A rewilding landscape in Scotland, which claims to be the largest of its kind in the UK, has registered as an independent charity.
Civil Society writes:
Affric Highlands… started as fellow Scottish charity Trees for Life’s East-West Wild project… Until now, the community-focused initiative had operated as a joint venture… with support and advice from Rewilding Europe. Following the initiative’s growth, Affric Highlands registered as a Scottish charity on 16 April to ‘upscale its pioneering work’…
… Currently, Affric Highlands supports a partnership of 19 landowners, local people and others covering over 58,000 hectares in Scotland…
… Trees for Life’s chief executive, said: ‘Affric Highlands’ success so far – coupled with the opportunities for people offered by its bold vision of landscape-scale nature recovery – has brought us to the point where it can now begin a new era as an independent charity….’
