Caledonian Forest Information CentreHuman impacts on the Caledonian Forest

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Human activities have been the major cause of the reduction of the Caledonian Forest to its present day figure of just 1% of its original extent. The links below lead to other pages on this site which focus on some of the ongoing impacts of human activities on the surviving forest remnants.

Deforestation

Habitat fragmentation

Non-native species in the Caledonian Forest

Overgrazing

An Illustrated Guide to Ancient Wood Pasture in Scotland

Trees for Life is an award winning conservation charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest
and all its species to a large contiguous area in the Highlands of Scotland.

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