Scottish estate buyers want to plant trees as well as stalk deer

London

FLICKING through the sales brochure for a 15,000 acre (6,070 ha) estate near Loch Monar, all the hallmarks of a traditional Scottish Highland manor are on display: red deer stalking, trout fishing and even ptarmigan shooting. All for £2 million (S$3.4 million).

What is more surprising is the emphasis on the vast "natural capital" at the Pait and West Monar Estate in Glen Strathfarrar and potential for "carbon sequestration".

As climate change morphs into a mainstream political issue worldwide, wealthy individuals and companies are looking at the heather-covered glens through a different lens nowadays.

Rather than as an expensive escape, there is the prospect of gaining some green credentials - and cash - by balancing their carbon portfolios and r…