Sulayman, Jonathan &

Alice

Catriona, Mehek & Jay

David, Alistair & Charlotte

Shawlands Primary

Bio-energy and wood fuel

The planting of new woodland can produce sustainable supplies of timber and , while helping to slow down the effects of climate change.

By Alice,Johnny,Sulayman

The term bio-energy means energy that comes from organic materials such as living plants. There is a lot of research into both the production and potential of bio-energy as a fuel and energy source that could equal or take over from the traditions of using oil and gas. This clearly has tremendous implications for day to day use, vehicles on the road, and running our homes and businesses.

Charlotte, David, Alastair D

Forestry Commission Scotland manages around a tenth of the country’s land mass and the forests and open land are ideal places for the possible development of wind farms and other renewable projects in a sensitive manner.

Many of Scotland's large-scale twentieth century hydro power developments have storage lochs that today provide an attractive setting for the national forest estate.  Examples include Faskally, Rannoch, Tummel, Garry and Affric.

The main hydro power potential on the national forest estate is now for smaller run-of-river schemes. 

Increasing the number of trees will help slow down our carbon footprint because it is a fact that trees take in carbon dioxide. Even when a tree is felled it still takes in carbon dioxide.

The facts prove this because Scotland’s forests take in about 15% of CO2 and in the whole of the UK the trees take in the emissions of 3 million cars!

If we plant many more trees then our carbon footprint will be made smaller and that really needs to happen.

By Catriona, Mehek and Jay

Scottish and Spanish

ComparisonsWe have found that there are more similarities

than differences in our forests.

For example we have similar jobs in the forest use them in similar ways and both countries are

actively working on regeneration and conservation.

SpanishSocial Benefits

Details Uses Differences

Jobs The forest creates many jobs.

•Cutting down old wood•Take away bushes•Keep the forest clean

There are no differences, we do this in Scotland too.

Products The forest gives us many products e.g. food, plants etc…

•Gives us food•Grows aromatic plants•Gives us medicine

Scottish forests also give us all these products.

Leisure activitiesYou can go to the forest for a lovely day out. With your family for free.

Hiking, trekking, picnicking, bird watching, fishing, cannoning , etc. ..Are all activities to enjoy the forests.

In Scotland we can do all of these things using the forest and it’s surroundings.

Buildings We can make houses and sheds

We use the wood from trees to make these buildings.

There are no differences

By Katrin and Catriona

Scottish Social Benefits

Details Uses Differences

Jobs The forest creates many jobs

•Cutting down old wood•Take away bushes•Keep the forest clean

There are no differences, Spain does it to.

Products We get fruit and veg, Baskets and medicine.

•Blackberries•Elderberries•Sloe•Raspberries•Bird Cherries•Baskets

We seem to get more berries in Scotland than in Spain.

Leisure Activities In Scotland there are lots of things to do in the forest.

•Cycling•Fishing•Walking •Exploring

In Spain you can do all of these things.

Buildings You can make buildings of wood from the forest

•Houses•Sheds•Shelters•Tree houses

We can do all of these thing with the Spanish forests

By Katrin and Catriona