The Knoydart Foundation is a community landowner that has guardianship of 7,000 hectares of land on the Knoydart peninsula. Knoydart Forest Trust, a community led charity, manages the woodland resource on behalf of the Knoydart Foundation. Scotland’s goal is to reach net-zero by 2045. In tandem with reducing emissions, major changes to how our land and seas are used are needed to lock up carbon and restore biodiversity. Our community “owns” almost 0.1% of Scotland and has a proven track record of collaborative habitat enhancement at a landscape scale. We have an opportunity to build on and significantly increase our land and community’s contribution to the climate and biodiversity crisis. Since 1999 land management has focused on deer management and woodland creation and mana