Ayrshire estate has been named a Climate Change Champion in the annual ‘Tree Oscars.’ The annual awards are made to recognise Scotland’s top forests and woodlands — and owners' efforts to tackle climate change.
And Balbeg Estate’s Bennan Hill, near Straiton, came top of the pile. Judges were wowed by Balbeg’s “integrated approach” to tackling climate change through activities with actions relating to “mitigation, adaptation and knowledge exchange.”The estate is owned by Andrew and Lynne Sinclair, who were delighted with the victory.
In fact, it’s a double for the estate as Balbeg won a second award — the Quality Timber Award and John Kennedy Trophy — for multi-purpose forestry for a whole forest, or estate.
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