Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands

Corriechuillie

Corriechuillie

The vision at Corriechuillie is to transform low-grade agricultural land into a thriving 17-hectare native woodland, creating a significant conservation area that promotes biodiversity and strengthens local ecosystems.

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Project highlights

About the project

The Corriechuillie project aims to create a native woodland in the Cairngorms National Park, near Grantown-on-Spey and the River Spey (SSSI). The woodland design avoids higher-exposed areas and prime grassland, focusing instead on planting native upland birch along the perimeter and Scots pine in the core, offering visual and ecological diversity. This thoughtful layout helps preserve public views and reduces predation risk on breeding waders. The project is crucial for biodiversity, creating habitats for black grouse and, as the woodland matures, the endangered capercaillie.

Project stats

  • Trees planted: 27,472 trees planted 
  • TCO2 sequestration (expected over lifetime): 6,202
  • Planted: Winter 2019

Credit Type

Pending Issuance Units (PIUs) - carbon neutrality and net zero claims cannot be made until these credits convert to verified Woodland Carbon Units (WCUs). Please consult our FAQs for more information. 

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Additional Benefits

Aerial view of woodland creation project improving water quality, showcasing natural vegetation and a meandering stream in a restoring landscape.

Improved water quality

Trees can intercept runoff from other land uses that could be potentially harmful to the river system such as fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides, animal waste and silt.
Peatland restoration project showcasing healthy wetlands, vital for flood mitigation, biodiversity enhancement, and carbon sequestration.

Flood mitigation

By intercepting, slowing, and/or absorbing surface and groundwater, trees help to prevent soil erosion. Healthy peat is believed to have greater soil water storage capacity, slowing the release of stored water.
Close-up of pink flowers, creating habitat for biodiversity.

Biodiversity uplift

These projects will increase the amount, and variety, of flora and fauna species in the area.
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Project details

Technology, mechanism and certifications

This woodland is accredited by the Woodland Carbon Code, a quality assurance standard that is backed by the UK government.

Reduction type

Removal

Project duration

This project’s crediting period is 60 years. Please refer to the Woodland Carbon Code’s website for more details on risk management and permanence criteria.

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FAQs

What is a 'PIU'?

At the start of a Woodland Carbon Code or Peatland Code-registered project’s life, initial carbon credits are issued, called Pending Issuance Units (PIUs). These units represent the future carbon emissions savings that will occur, as a woodland grows or over time as a restored peatland ceases to emit CO2. Over time these units should be converted to Woodland Carbon Units (WCUs) or Peatland Carbon Units (PCUs) respectively - with both representing a carbon saving which has officially occurred. A PIU is not a guarantee, however, that a future carbon saving will occur - project durations can be decades long (100 years in some cases) and so any savings are a long way into the future. Instead, a PIU is a confirmation that the project has met stringent requirements at the outset: it is well designed and implemented, has complied with all related guidance and laws, is protected by a long-term contract, is additional to business as usual, and has project-specific carbon estimates.

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