To plant or not to plant? Efficacy and impacts of woodland expansion in upland soils

面对气候危机，林地扩张和树木在全球碳循环中的作用是一个热门话题。如何管理林地扩张，以及对高地和有机土壤的影响，将是将英国从欧洲树木覆盖率最低的国家之一转变为一个充满活力、树木繁茂、生物多样性丰富、能够缓解气候变化的国家的关键。通过在生态建模、田野和土壤生态学的前沿工作，并与林地信托基金会合作，在苏格兰高地的本谢尔德格进行令人兴奋的林地扩张计划，您将有机会开发方法，为这个令人兴奋的领域铺平道路。您将获得一系列空间建模技能，这将帮助我们了解林地扩张将在哪里产生最大的综合生态效益。

In the face of the climate emergency, woodland expansion, and the role of trees in the global carbon cycle is a hot topic. How to manage woodland expansion, and the impacts on upland and organic soils will be central to transforming the UK from one of the lowest tree-cover countries in Europe, to a vibrant, wooded nation rich in biodiversity and able to mitigate climate change. By working at the cutting edge of ecological modelling, field and soil ecology, and collaborating with Woodland Trust on an exciting woodland expansion scheme at Ben Shieldaig in the Scottish highlands, you will have the opportunity to develop means to pave the way in this exciting field. You will gain a range of skills in spatial modelling, which will help us understand where woodland expansion will have the most combined ecological benefits.