The sound of bagpipes is music to a Scotsman's ear, but some environmental groups want them to change their tune. Conservation groups say over-logging is endangering the African Blackwood tree, which ...

Gangs of international smugglers are ­threatening the future of traditional ­Scottish bagpipes, experts have warned. Green watchdogs will ­tomorrow place tight restrictions on the trade of wood from ...

Bagpipes are being blamed for an environmental crisis in Africa. Blackwood trees used to make the instrument's chanter - the part on which the melody is played - are facing extinction. Now pipers are ...