Woodland Improvement Grant – Habitats and Species

Date published: 5 July, 2019

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This option provides support for capital work that will benefit a range of priority habitats and species, as defined in the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy and European Directives.

Scottish Biodiversity Strategy list of habitats and species

This option is aimed at:

  • improving the condition of native woodlands and restoring Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites to native woodland
  • restoration or conservation of non-woodland habitats (such as lowland raised bogs and blanket bogs) that are present within the internal boundary of the woodland
  • species associated with woodland edge (such as the pearl-bordered fritillary)
  • Woodland Designed Landscapes