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Extreme Weather Requires a Restoration Period
Cast your mind back to the summer full of alerts for extreme heat, water scarcity and wildfire risk we all experienced this year. As the climate warms, we are seeing an increase in wildfires not just in Scotland but across … Continue reading
Working together for nature and climate
It’s Scotland’s Climate Week and we’re encouraging everyone to talk about nature loss and climate change together, because without nature there is no climate. To get your conversation started, David O’Brien shares his love of monitoring wildlife and explores the … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, climate change
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, NatureScot
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Tentsmuir and the road to net-zero
You have all heard the term ‘net-zero’ but what does this actually mean and how can we achieve this? Tentsmuir NNR Student Placement, Andrew Black, tells us about what’s happening at the reserve as they play their role in achieving … Continue reading
Land at the heart of nature-based-solutions
Transforming how we use land is an essential part of our response to the climate emergency. Great progress could be made rapidly in agriculture, forestry and other land uses by using existing technologies. But we will need to go further … Continue reading
Posted in Agri-Environment Climate Scheme, biodiversity, climate change, Farming, Land management, Uncategorized
Tagged #green recovery, climate change, climate emergency, Climate summit, Francesca Osowska, Land-use, managing land, nature-based solutions, nature-rich, NatureScot, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Scotland
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Nature key to Scotland’s green recovery action plan
On the blog today, our chief executive, Francesca Osowska, looks at how the Covid-19 crisis has made us look at our future differently. She asks if a green recovery can be a vital component to help us solve social, economic … Continue reading
Living Roofs for People, Place and Nature
Ivan Clark, our Placemaking Team Manager at SNH, tells us about a partnership project exploring the contribution that green roofs can make to successful, climate-resilient places. He found that by applying the right kind of roof to the right building … Continue reading
Moths on the move
Mike Thornton, SNH Operations Officer for the Forth Area, describes how integral moths are to Scotland’s biodiversity, and why it’s crucial to know how their populations are changing. I lift the egg cartons out of the moth trap, slowly revealing … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll National Nature Reserves, biodiversity, citizen science, climate change, conservation, Ecology, moth, science, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, survey, Volunteering
Tagged biodiversity, citizen science, climate change, insects, moths, NatureScot, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Ardnamurchan’s unique day-flying moth
Each year in early summer, volunteers from various parts of Scotland travel west to survey a rare, striking and elusive day-flying moth – the New Forest burnet, at the only site it occurs in the UK. Since becoming extinct in … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, citizen science, climate change, conservation, Ecology, Flowers, Insects, Land management, moth, Projects, Protected Areas, Research, Scotland's Protected Places, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Species Action Framework, SSSI, Uncategorized, wildlife management, woodlands
Tagged Ardnamurchan, biodiversity, endemic, endenism, moths, NatureScot, New Forest burnet moth, Protected Areas, ScotNature, Scottish Natural Heritage, scottish nature, SNH, SSSI
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Great VIBES at Environment Business Awards
This year was the 20th Anniversary of the Scottish Environment Business Awards – the VIBES Awards – and for the first time SNH was a strategic partner. The Awards celebrate the efforts of businesses across Scotland, large and small, that … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, climate change, Community engagement, Competition, industry, Recycling, Renewable Energy, science, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, sustainable farming, sustainable travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Business, climate change, Environmental, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Sustainability, VIBES Awards
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Flow Country projects ends on a high
The Flow Country is one of our last wild places, stretching across Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of Scotland. And it’s a crucial spot in the battle against climate change – on the best and biggest peatland of … Continue reading
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