This week on the show we are joined by Dr Sarah Watts, an expert in all things montane  botany. We discuss what over grazing has done to Scotland's mountainous regions, the complex systems of inter species co-operation that make up highland forests, what plants and trees should we reintroduce into Britain and how Scotland used to be and could like Scandinavia again.

Links
Read Sarah's paper on the benefits of mountain woodland restoration here.

Read Felicity  Monger's paper on the impact of mountain tree planting on lowland floods here

Reforesting Scotland's mountain Birch Project.

Botanical society of Britain and Ireland

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