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Bid to save Scotland's ancient rainforest


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Scotland's ancient rainforest is under threat, conservationists have warned.

Almost 75,000 acres (30,351ha) of woodland on the west coast is designated Atlantic rainforest because of the rare oceanic plant life.

But the forest is being lost to overgrazing by deer and livestock, invasive plant species and disease.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-48335021

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Adam Harrison of Woodland Trust Scotland said: “Scotland’s rainforest is just as lush and just as important as tropical rainforest, but is even rarer.

“It is found along the West Coast and on the inner isles and is a unique habitat of ancient native oak, birch, ash, pine and hazel woodlands and includes open glades and river gorges.

“Our rainforest relies on mild, wet and clean air coming in off the Atlantic, and is garlanded with a spectacular array of lichens, fungi, mosses, liverworts and ferns.  Many are nationally and globally rare and some are found nowhere else in the world.”

https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/the-rare-rainforests-of-scotland-in-urgent-rescue-bid-1-4930250

 

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