Of Trees and Sheep: Trade-Offs and Synergies in Farmland Afforestation in the Scottish Uplands

Agriculture & Biology

• afforestation 100%
• agricultural land 77%
• highlands 72%
• farm woodlands 72%
• planting 61%
• woodlands 59%
• sheep 54%
• silvopastoral systems 54%
• carbon sequestration 45%
• agriculture 43%
• Scotland 42%
• common lands 33%
• land ownership 26%
• carbon 25%
• agricultural productivity 24%
• soil carbon 23%
• agroforestry 22%
• livestock production 21%
• bioenergy 21%
• ecosystem services 21%
• forestry 20%
• food production 19%
• land use 19%
• biofuels 18%
• plantations 16%
• climate change 16%
• pastures 15%
• farms 13%
• biomass 12%