Forestry and Land Scotland is working with Shell UK to preserve and extend native woodland in Glengarry forest project aims to nurture and support the natural regeneration of Scotland’s forests. Much of Scotland was once covered in trees but today native woodland covers less than 5% of its original 15,000 square kilometres. Grazing animals and human demand for timber have played their part in its demise. Shell will be supporting Forestry and Land Scotland, the Scottish government agency that manages and protects 640,000 hectares of Scotland’s forests and land. That is equivalent to 24 times the size of Edinburgh. This partnership will generate carbon credits by helping to plant or regenerate around 1 million trees. It takes time to prepare, plant and grow the woodlands or to restore the peatlands and until this has happened the land cannot start absorbing CO2 and therefore carbon credits cannot be generated. Model released and HSSE approved 829235-SC-0134