The power of collaboration
Scotland’s rainforest can only be successfully restored at a landscape-scale. We need to work across habitats and boundaries, collaborating with land managers, local communities, businesses, and the public and private sector.
FUNDING RESTORATION WORK
A Rainforest Restoration Fund<link>, blending private and public money, is one of ASR’s key aspirations. ASR partner, Argyll & Isles Coast and Countryside Trust, is leading work to explore how natural capital finance could support rainforest restoration, and the Woodland Trust is leading a project to develop a collaborative fundraising model.
GAINING CONSENSUS
The Common Ground Forum<link>, launched in October 2023, was instigated through ASR and has brought together more than 500 people across Scotland’s upland deer management sector to build consensus and trust. The Forum promotes a more collaborative approach to deer management, enabling stakeholders to build self-sustaining solutions.
BUILDING CAPACITY
ASR’s Our Rainforest Futures project<link> aims to build the capacity of local communities to deliver long-term habitat restoration work across the west of Scotland by bringing new jobs, skills and knowledge-sharing opportunities to key areas. It is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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