Member profile: Forest Enterprise Scotland
Submitted by Gavin Whitmore on Thu, 08/01/2009 - 11:41.
Address/location
Inverness
United Kingdom
General information
Organization type:
GO
Web address:
Number of staff members:
900-1000
Overview:
Forest Enterprise Scotland manages the national forest estate on behalf of Forestry Commission Scotland and delivers the Scottish Forestry Strategy.
Extended information
Geographical coverage:
National
Area of land managed [km²]:
6,650
Number of Natura 2000 sites managed:
50+
Main priority species:
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Hen harrier (circus cyaneus)
Black throated diver (Gavia arctica)
Greenland white fronted goose (Anser albifrons flavironstris)
Slavonian grebe (Podiceps auritus)
1355 Otter (Lutra lutra)
1065 Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas (Eurodryas, Hypodryas) aurinia
1029 Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
1386 Green shield-moss Buxbaumia viridis
1106 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Main priority habitats:
91C0 Caledonian Forest
91A0 Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blachnum in the British Isles
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines
91D0 Bog woodland
7130 Blanket bogs
7110 Active raised bogs
7120 Degraded raised bogs
1220 Perennial vegetation of stony banks
4030 European dry heaths
4010 North Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4060 Alpine and Boreal heaths
7230 Alkaline fens
3130 Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae
5130 Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
Eurosite specific
Member since:
01/2006
Personal contact information
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