From Hugh Chalmers
Jonathan Seagrave backs tree planting on unused farmland to capture carbon (2 November, p 32). If only it were that simple. In Scotland it is difficult to find land or financial support to plant native trees to provide multiple benefits, including carbon sequestration, because of competing demands for crop growing or livestock grazing.
And in parts of the Scottish Highlands where sheep are no longer grazed, the numbers of red deer have risen dramatically, so tree regeneration is unlikely without heavy culling to lessen damage to trees.
Lauder, Scottish Borders, UK
