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Plans to Create One of Europe’s Biggest New Woodlands Gets Green Light at Loch Katrine (www.scottishwater.co.uk)

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A scheme to create one of the biggest new woodlands in Europe at an iconic Scottish loch - and protect water supplies for generations to come - has taken a major step forward.

The 10-year Land Management Plan (LMP) for Scottish Water’s Loch Katrine estate, developed in partnership with long-term tenant Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), has been approved by Scottish Forestry - and will see the lands around the loch boost the fight against the climate crisis by locking up more carbon and improving the resilience of the catchment to climate change.

The 8-miles long freshwater loch – which supplies water to 1.3 million people in the Greater Glasgow area and other parts of the Central Belt via infrastructure built largely by Victorian pioneers – is surrounded by 9,500 hectares of land which is occupied and managed by FLS and located in the heart of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park (LLTNP).

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