Innovation

Highlands Rewilding (HRL) are inviting all interested consultancies, practices and qualified freelancers to tender to collaborate with them on the next phase of their FIRNS funded project. They are now looking for a legal consultancy to support the development of their five community joint ventures (CJV).

The Rural Exchange provides a platform for people living and working across Scotland's rural and island communities to have their voices heard in both research and policy-making and to access pertinent research reports and data.

The platform is funded through ‘Theme E – Rural Futures’ of Scottish Government's 2022-2027 Strategic Research Programme for the environment, natural resources and agriculture and is hosted and delivered through SRUC.

The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) has launched a series of new courses to help local businesses in the Highlands and Islands meet Net Zero and other environmental standards.

A project that aims to capture, transport and safely store CO2 emissions from across Scotland will be granted £2 million from the Scottish Government.

The new funding will be used to explore how a pipeline could transport Carbon Dioxide from Scotland’s central belt to the North East.

A new national disease control project will work to help eradicate Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in Scotland and improve biosecurity standards on pig farms.

The Scottish Government has provided £438,700 to test affected premises and put in controls to prevent spread between farms.

With the herbicide Asulox no longer available to treat bracken, there was a need to update best practice guidance on bracken management, which was previously heavily weighted towards chemical treatment.

Major hotels, tourist attraction and holiday park secure Green Key certification

Twenty-one new tourism establishments from across Scotland have been announced as the recipients of the coveted Green Key eco-certificate.