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If you need to know the detail of that, the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies published a peer-reviewed article that gives a blow-by-blow account that would absolutely answer your question.
My understanding is that compensatory planting is not keeping up with that deforestation. If that has not been taken into account, what is the net increase that you are looking at?
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Date answered:
20 February 2014
It makes a huge contribution to Scotland’s fantastic exports records, particularly in respect of food: our seafood accounts for around 50 per cent of food exports.