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Fears BrewDog's Lost Forest could be lost cause amid late replanting

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BEER giant BrewDog is risking its “Lost Forest” turning into a lost cause by replacing dead trees too late in the season, it has been claimed.

Replanting is still taking place at the former sporting estate of Kinrara, near Aviemore, which was bought by BrewDog for £8.8 million in 2020.

Campaigner Nick Kempe of Parkswatch Scotland said this might not give the new trees time to become established before the summer. “It appears the replanting is only happening because after all the publicity about the dead trees, BrewDog decided it needed to be seen to be doing something immediately,” said Kempe.

Asked if this would have any effect on the Lost Forest, a spokesperson said: “They are currently re-planting all those saplings that sadly didn’t make it through the very hot and dry summer. So that process goes on.” The practice of handing out grants to plant trees in order to sell carbon credits is blamed by protesters for driving up the price of land, making it even more out of reach for community buyouts.

Instead, Kempe argued, deer numbers should be cut in order for the landscape to regenerate naturally with minimal disturbance to soil.

 

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