Second Scottish Woodlands Student Excellence Award Announced

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The Scottish Forestry Trust has announced a further winner of the Scottish Woodlands Student Excellence Award.  Matti Salmela, a student based at the University of Edinburgh carried out his thesis on "Testing the Adaptive Significance of Seed Zones in Scots Pine" in collaboration with researchers from the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology; the James Hutton Institute and Forest Research. More......

The Scottish Forestry Trust SCIO is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Scottish Charity No. SC053147). The Scottish Forestry Trust was established in 1983 by a gift of share capital, and our role is to provide funds by way of grants, to support research, education and training throughout the UK.  Since our establishment, we have provided nearly £2.7m to fund over 190 projects ranging from supporting post graduate industry applied research, social and environmental forestry, policy formulation and broader public education and awareness.