Nearly Seven million Trees Chopped Making way for Wind Farms Across north of Scotland
29 Feb 2020 by David McPhee
Almost seven million trees have been felled in the north of Scotland to make way for onshore wind farms since the year 2000, according to new figures from the land commission.
The data, which relates to national-owned areas run by Forestry and Land Scotland, shows that only 12 wind developments account for more than 6,700,000 trees being cut down.
The figure is nearly half the 13.9 million total across Scotland.
