More than just some hills
Scottish uplands - the ecosystems delivered by mountain landscapes
Location: Coigach & Assynt
The Assignment Phototeam
What will 2020VISION be doing?
This area is renowned for its spectacular mountain scenery which we'll be capturing in winter and summer along with various aspects of the upland restoration work, red deer management and local community activities.
When will 2020VISION be there?
- 20th to 22nd January 2011
- 13th to 15th June 2011
Where is it?
The Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape area lies to the west of the main road between Ullapool and Unapool in the north-west Highlands.
Why is it important?
The area contains some of the most visually spectacular mountain and coastal scenery in the UK but this can mask dramatic declines in wildlife and natural habitats which have been lost and fragmented but there is still time to restore and reconnect these lost fragments of woodland and peat bogs to bring benefits to people and wildlife.
What's the project's aim?
The ambition is that Coigach and Assynt will become the focus of one of the biggest conservation restoration projects ever attempted in the UK thanks to this new and growing partnership of local organisations and landowners, working together towards a vision of sustainable thriving communities living and working in a healthy and resilient environment.
Who's involved?
Scottish Wildlife Trust is working with major landowners in the area, including John Muir Trust, Assynt Foundation, Culag Community Woodland Trust, Tanera Mor and Eisgh Brachaidh, to look at the environmental issues facing the area on a landscape scale and plan how to work together to address them.
What's happening there?
This landmark project will officially launch in June 2011, and will focus on improving the landscape to benefit iconic species like golden eagles, pine martens and basking sharks, but will take wildlife conservation in a new direction looking at the bigger picture of ecosystem scale conservation and including work which creates economic opportunities for local people.
