{"id":9920,"date":"2013-11-26T15:25:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=9920"},"modified":"2013-11-26T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:28:27","slug":"public-vote-for-caledonian-forest-restoration-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/public-vote-for-caledonian-forest-restoration-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Public to vote for Caledonian Forest restoration plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tree4lifevote\"<\/a>Trees for Life is urging people to help it win £50,000 of Lottery funding in a televised public vote on Thursday 28 November, to help restore Scotland's ancient Caledonian Forest and protect its rare wildlife from extinction, while benefiting hundreds of disadvantaged people.<\/p>\n

The conservation charity is a finalist in the People's Millions, a partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV, in which the public decide which local community projects will receive Lottery funding, for its plan to establish a pioneering volunteer training programme at its Dundreggan Conservation Estate near Loch Ness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are asking people to vote for us on 28 November. Our People\u2019s Millions project is about people and places. It\u2019s about saving the UK\u2019s equivalent of a rainforest and all its species from being lost forever, for our children and grandchildren to enjoy \u2013 and it\u2019s about helping to improve the lives of hundreds of people every year,\u201d said Trees for Life\u2019s Executive Director Alan Watson Featherstone.<\/p>\n

Success in the vote will allow Trees for Life to offer training in forest restoration to people from diverse backgrounds and those with limited access to healthy outdoor activities and training opportunities.<\/p>\n

Disadvantaged people \u2013 including those on low incomes or who are unemployed \u2013 will be able learn about threatened habitats and species, and to gain health benefits from volunteering in green places.<\/p>\n

Activities will include planting trees and wild flowers, collecting seeds for propagating rare species, and growing trees and plants in a tree nursery. The project will be accessible for older people and those with limited mobility or affected by mental health issues. Accredited training for leading volunteer groups will also be on offer.<\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Millions vote will be by phone all day on 28 November, from 9am to midnight, with a STV North programme broadcast that evening. The telephone number to call will be announced on the day, including on the Trees for Life website<\/a>. Up to 10 calls can be made from each phone, at a cost of 11p from a landline.<\/p>\n

Dundreggan in Glen Moriston, Inverness-shire, has been described as a Highlands \u201clost world\u201d. So far almost 70 priority species for conservation, including several species never recorded in the UK before, have been discovered there.<\/p>\n

Trees for Life has planted more than one million trees at dozens of sites in the Highlands. It has pledged to establish one million more trees by planting and natural regeneration by 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trees for Life is urging people to help it win £50,000 of Lottery funding in a televised public vote on Thursday 28 November, to help restore Scotland's ancient Caledonian Forest and protect its rare wildlife from extinction, while benefiting hundreds of disadvantaged people. The conservation charity is a finalist in the People's Millions, a partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV, in which the public decide which local community projects will receive Lottery funding, for its plan to establish a pioneering volunteer training programme at its Dundreggan Conservation Estate near Loch Ness. \u201cWe are asking people to vote for…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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