Environment

A total of 680 rural businesses with projects that protect the environment and mitigate the impacts of climate change will share more than £14 million this year from the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS).

Regeneration projects in disadvantaged and rural communities across Scotland will receive a share of almost £27 million funding.

A  “cutting edge” study published today has put an economic value on Scotland’s woodlands in helping to prevent flooding.

It estimates that the capacity of woodlands to store water and slow down run-off to downstream communities after heavy rain, is worth almost £100 million a year in Scotland.

With the prospect of wetter winters due to the effects of climate change, and more intense rainfall in summer, the ability of trees to reduce flood risk is becoming increasingly important. 

Appointment of Members to the Board of Quality Meat Scotland (x3)

NatureScot has used its intervention powers to carry out a cull of red deer in Sutherland.

Strategy to deliver a just transition for the energy sector published.

A route map to secure Scotland’s fastest possible fair and just transition away from fossil fuels has been published.

The draft ‘Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan’ sets out a plan for Scotland’s renewables revolution to be accelerated as North Sea basin resources decline.

Energy strategy to shape next 25 years of energy production.

Reducing Inputs: An Integrated Approach

Join Soil Association Scotland at Balbirnie Home Farms in Fife, where you will explore what a whole-farm, integrated approach looks like, hear about Balbirnie’s journey and the factors which influenced the move to an integrated approach.

Burns and the Environment

Probably Scotland's most famous agricultural worker also did some writting on the side!

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