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Routemap to Resilience for Scotland's Forests and Woodlands

Last updated :21 Aug 2025

Topic: Manage forests

Sub topic: Climate Change

Scotland’s forests face growing threats from climate change. This routemap shows how to build resilience and secure their future.

Summary

Resilient forests can absorb and adapt to disturbances like climate change and attacks from tree pests and diseases. This helps them remain healthy and sustainable.

The routemap outlines how to protect Scotland's forests from climate change and create resilient woodlands for the future. It explains what resilience means, identifies key threats, and highlights why resilience is important. The routemap also sets out three main outcomes along with priority actions. These actions aim to help Scotland's forests resist, adapt to, respond to, and recover from climate-related challenges. 

Routemap to Resilience for Scotland's Forests and Woodlands

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