Inverness student wins national award
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A student has been awarded a grant to compare Scotland’s approach to community-owned woodlands with examples in other European countries.
Heloise Le Moal (26), a forest management student at the University of the Highlands and Islands, will put the £100 grant from the Scottish Land Commission towards travelling to France, Belgium and Switzerland as part of her research project.
She will consider the municipal approach to forestry ownership and management in these countries and compare them to the community woodlands that are here in Scotland.
“I am fascinated by land reform, as the good use of land has never been as crucial to tackle climate change as now,” she said. “I hope my research on municipal forests in Belgium, Switzerland and France will allow a better understanding of forest ownership and management on the continent, at a local level.”
She started a HND in forestry at Inverness College UHI’s Scottish School of Forestry in 2016 before progressing onto the university’s BSc forest management degree.
