Funding
Sheep producers who have lost livestock to sea-eagles will continue to receive support from Scottish Government for 2024. Up to £400,000 has been allocated to the Sea Eagle Management Scheme (SEMS) to help farmers explore different management techniques and trial new prevention measures.
Land managers in receipt of financial support through long-term Management Agreements as part of the scheme have been assured payments will continue this year.
- Read more about Sea Eagle Management Scheme extended
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- Read more about Projects share £7.8m to restore at-risk habitats and species
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RSABI’s flagship annual outdoors team event, the Great Glen Challenge, is returning for 2024 and for the second-year running will be sponsored by expert legal advisors to the rural sector, Gillespie Macandrew.
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Legislation to support Scotland’s rural economy and communities has passed Stage 1 in Parliament.
- Read more about Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill has passed Stage 1 in Parliament.
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Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre, are working in partnership with Verb Wellington, Te-Whanganui-a-tara and Aotearoa New Zealand to offer a residency for a Scottish and Aotearoa writers. Applications are invited for 'Island to Island', a residency exchange supported by The British Council for established writers working in creative non-fiction, fiction, or long-form poetry.
This week saw the publication by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee (RAIC) of the Stage 1 Report on The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill.
- Read more about Stage 1 Report on The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill published
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- Read more about £2m funding boost to protect and restore Scottish seagrass meadows
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The latest round of awards from the first year of the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) has provided fishing businesses and marine organisations in coastal communities with £7.4 million in funding.
Young people will have a key role in supporting sustainable populations in rural and island regions.
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