{"id":340221,"date":"2025-08-13T04:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340221\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T04:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:18:13","slug":"john-swinney-opens-26m-moray-glasshouse-to-tackle-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340221\/","title":{"rendered":"John Swinney opens \u00a326m Moray glasshouse to tackle climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Newton Tree Nursery near Elgin, Moray<\/a>, first opened in 1931 and the new glasshouse aims to support Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) to almost treble its tree production \u2013 from seven million to nearly 20 million trees per year by 2029.\n<\/p>\n

\n The upgrade, funded with \u00a320m from the Scottish Government<\/a> and \u00a36m from FLS, contributes to meeting the Government\u2019s woodland creation targets and will help support the sustainable management of national forests and land.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Seedling operations at the redeveloped tree nursery began in March, and 12m trees have already been established within the UK\u2019s largest and most advanced tree-growing glasshouse.\n<\/p>\n

\n The facility \u201csets a new standard for bio-secure, sustainable, and high-volume forest nursery production\u201d, according to the Scottish Government, and it is also hoped it will boost the rural economy.\n<\/p>\n

\n It will ensure an adequate supply of high-quality trees is available to supply the publicly-managed forests of Scotland, with those forests supporting rural economies, providing flood mitigation, improving biodiversity and sequestering carbon.\n<\/p>\n

\n Swinney said: \u201cScotland\u2019s world-renowned forests and woodlands are a natural powerhouse, and one of the most important resources we have to tackle the climate emergency.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cOur investment in this state-of-the-art glasshouse will not only contribute to environmental sustainability and help to restore habitats, but it will also support rural jobs and the sustainable use of timber in the construction industry.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe Newton Tree Nursery project is a national asset, powering Scotland\u2019s green recovery, forestry resilience, and environmental goals for decades to come.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cTackling the climate emergency and growing Scotland\u2019s economy are two of my Government\u2019s top priorities and together they go hand in hand.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe cannot do one without the other, and innovative, industry-leading facilities like the Newton Tree Nursery will play a vital role in achieving these goals.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n FLS chief executive Kevin Quinlan said: \u201cNewton Nursery represents a major investment by the Scottish Government in the future of forestry in Scotland.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt strengthens FLS’s ability to supply young trees at the scale and standard needed to support a resilient, productive and sustainable forest resource.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThis is especially important for the timber industry, which continues to grow as Scotland looks to reduce reliance on imports and embrace timber as a low-carbon material of the future.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cBy increasing capacity at Newton, we\u2019re investing at the very start of that supply chain, ensuring a consistent supply of high-quality planting stock for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newton Tree Nursery near Elgin, Moray, first opened in 1931 and the new glasshouse aims to support Forestry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-340221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115019533711859794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}