Huge area of the Highlands marked for restoration of ancient woodland

Twenty seven thousand acres of land that was once covered in Scotland's native woodland has been surveyed as part of a reforestation plan that has already seen planting begin.

Scotland's booming wind sector welcomed by environmentalists, but discontent with scale of wind farms reflected in Stronelairg court ruling

NEW FIGURES have shown Scotland's wind farms are producing record levels of electricity - but the news comes just days after plans for a new wind farm development suffered a defeat in court.

Wind power generation in November was so high that in 23 days it exceeded the demand of all Scottish households. Only January saw more electricity produced from wind turbines.