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| What can woods do for you? |
| Everything!.................well nearly everything |
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Provide peaceful places to escape the hustle and bustle of modern life |
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Provide habitats for some of
Scotland's precious wildlife |
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Provide wood for construction, paper and heating - one of the few sustainable renewable resources |
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Provide employment for approximately 11,000 people in Scotland |
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Absorb CO2 from the atmosphere
and help mitigate the effects of global warming |
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| How can they do this? Well.....with a little help from people like you..... |
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If you are a woodland owner
then by planting or managing an existing woodland |
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For more
information please see the advice
and grants page for details of organisations
that can help.
Alternatively you can contact
Niall Finnie at the AAWP.
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on have a go..... trees can be for life
not just for Christmas!
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By getting a group together
and looking into developing woodland for your
community |
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Joining a group involved in
the management of local woodland and enjoying
the benefits of good honest work in the great
outdoors |
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Just by telling a friend,
neighbour or colleague about what woods can do
for them! |
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