Environment

As the native oyster season opens (1st September), Scotland’s oyster festival has announced a new celebration of nature, right in the heart of the festival site.

Wildfire 2024

As the UK Government announces its intention to appoint a National Resilience Wildfire Adviser, leading lights from the world of wildfire have been announced as speakers at this year’s UK Wildfire Conference to be held in Aberdeen. 

Community Energy Scotland Members' Conference 2024

Community Energy Scotland warmly invites you to their annual members' conference on Thursday, 12th September 2024 at the Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow G1 1RD.

The theme this year is: “The community energy ripple effect: maximising positive impacts”. 

*Tickets are going fast so act quickly! 

 

The 2024 Great Scottish Squirrel Survey has been launched by Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels (SSRS). 

This Red Squirrel Week, SSRS are calling on people all over Scotland to get outside, explore nature and be on the lookout for tufted ears and bushy tails for sixth annual Great Scottish Squirrel Survey.

SSRS is a partnership project that is working to ensure red squirrels continue to be a part of Scotland’s special native wildlife.

In 2019, NatureScot’s Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve in Wester Ross became the UK’s first Gene Conservation Unit (GCU) for Scots pine, recognising the distinctiveness of its ancient Caledonian pine forest.

A recent Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) project led by The James Hutton Institute, in collaboration with Scotland’s Rural College, the University of Aberdeen, and the British Geological Survey, highlighted a pressing issue for Scotland: the increasing likelihood and duration of water scarcity events due to climate change.

Zero Waste Scotland is administering funding, to aid private landowners towards interventions that will prevent flytipping on private land. 

The fund aims to support innovative projects that will:

Fisheries management measures could be introduced for 20 sites in Scotland’s offshore waters that are designated as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), fulfilling a longstanding commitment to ensure protection for MPAs.

A consultation proposes either zoned or full restrictions on the use of specified types of fishing equipment - demersal mobile and static gear - at 15 sites.

Scotland’s whisky distillers are to benefit from government funding towards the development of a green hydrogen hub in Moray.

Scottish Government funding of £3.1 million will support the construction of a new regional hub in Speyside, bringing approximately 100 permanent high skilled, high value jobs to the area.

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