Volunteers hand-collect 11 million seeds to help restore Scotland's endangered Atlantic rainforest
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Severin Carrell
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A dedicated group of about 100 volunteers in Scotland has hand-collected 11 million seeds over several years, enabling the growth of nearly 8 million native trees to help restore the critically endangered Atlantic rainforest in the western Highlands and islands. The volunteers, including retired professionals, office workers, and families, used detailed maps to locate ancient woodland pockets in remote and challenging terrain. This grassroots effort is part of a broader movement to revive Scotland's temperate rainforest, which once covered vast areas but now exists only in fragmented remnants due to deforestation, overgrazing, and invasive species.
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· 3 pulled'It’s literally growing the future,' said one volunteer, reflecting on the scale of the effort.
'We are talking about a globally rare habitat. Scotland has a massive responsibility to protect what we have left and restore what we can,' said a conservation expert.
'These are not just trees — they are the building blocks of an entire ecosystem that supports rare mosses, lichens, and wildlife found nowhere else.'
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