Partnerships
Biodiversity
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The James Hutton Institute
The James Hutton Institute have been identifying areas for enhancement of the biodiversity of the glen, as well as future management strategies.
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Alpine Blue-sowthistle
In October 2021, the rare Alpine blue-sowthistle was reintroduced to Glen Lochay by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Carbon
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V-ZUG household appliances, Switzerland
The foundation fosters a long-term partnership with household appliance manufacturer V-ZUG, compensating for carbon emissions.
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Woodland Carbon Code (WCC)
The WCC is the quality assurance standard for woodland creation projects in the UK, and generates high integrity, independently verified carbon units.
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Mamlorn AG
Mamlorn is a partner to Ripa Gar, with international involvement in environmental projects.
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Open Forest Protocol
Open Forest Protocol (OFP) is a scalable open platform that allows forest projects of any size around world, to measure, report, and verify (‘MRV’) their forestation data. We collaborate with OFP and use their platform to monitor our tree plantings in lower Glen Lochay.