Our Rainforest Futures Project
CWA is delighted to be a partner in this project. Funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this 7-year partnership project, led by the Woodland Trust (WT) and supported by the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest (ASR), aims to develop the skills and capacity needed to sustainably restore our rainforest landscapes.
Our Rainforest Futures aims to mobilise, train and equip people with the skills and knowledge to be its guardians and advocates. The project will increase awareness of the rainforest, build capacity and expand the available workforce. It will seek opportunities for local people to gain wellbeing, economic and social benefits from the rainforest. It aims to leave both Scotland's rainforest habitat and its communities more resilient.
The development phase of the project has been made possible with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Besides CWA, project partners include Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust, Plantlife Scotland, RSPB Scotland, Scotland's Rural College and the Scottish Rainforest Education Centre.
The project vision is: a national movement of rainforest custodians equipped and enabled to save Scotland’s Rainforest.
Find out more about the project:
Survey of Community Woodland and other Community groups in the rainforest zone.
If you are a community group (woodland or other) working in or close to Scotland's Rainforest Zone please take part in our survey to help inform the delivery stage of the project. The survey looks to find out:
Current approaches to networking
Training needs/ preferences
Views and experiences of community enterprise
Thoughts on funding to enable the Rainforest restoration work
The survey closes on 31st March 2024