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Future planning: designing places in a climate emergency
As urban areas grow and the realities of the climate emergency become clearer, there is a need to look at the way we design and build the places where we live and work. Today, Abi Gardner, a graduate placement working with … Continue reading
Posted in Access, active travel, biodiversity, climate change, Community engagement, conference, graduate placement, meadow, Natural Health Service, Planning, SNH, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged communityy, future planning, Green infrastructure, Place-making, placemaking, places, Planning, Scotland, ScotNature, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, well-being, wellbeing
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Valuing nature in a complex world
Projects and Partnerships Officer Neville Makan reflects on a recent conference that posed the question – how do we value nature? Valuing nature poses many challenges. Yet recognising what we value in nature is an essential first step in establishing … Continue reading
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Tagged Natural England, nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Valuing Nature Programme
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Connecting people and plants
SNH’s Iain Macdonald was just one of around 175 people with a passion for wild plants at an unofficially record-breaking meeting in Edinburgh recently… Not long ago I was sitting in a room surrounded by botanists, probably the single largest … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, conference, Flowers, plants, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, science, SNH, Uncategorized, wild flowers
Tagged botanists, botany, flowers, plants, RGBE, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Scottish Natural Heritage at EUROPARC 2018
Last week Scottish Natural Heritage was a key sponsor of EUROPARC 2018; the largest gathering of protected area professionals in Europe. This annual event brings together hundreds of park authorities, nature reserve staff and conservation professionals from up 36 European … Continue reading
Snails and grasshoppers on the menu at EU wild LIFE conference
Spiders, bees, grasshoppers, snails and other creepy-crawlies are top of the bill at an International nature conference taking place in Scotland this week. Wildlife specialists and project managers from across the European Union (EU) are meeting in Stirling for a … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, climate change, conference, Ecology, Flanders Moss NNR, Insects, Land management, peatland restoration, plants, Projects, Uncategorized
Tagged bugs, connectivity, ecological coherence, EU, Flanders Moss NNR, insects, invertebrates, LIFE, nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Nature for future Generations – where next?
Cath Denholm, our Deputy Chair, shares reflections on this week’s British Ecological Society/UK Government Conservation Agencies’ Conference on nature for future generations. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I was invited to attend the Nature for Future Generations conference … Continue reading
Students speak out on their research and ambition for nature and the environment
Paul Robertson and Des Thompson enthuse about the third Scottish Ecology, Environment and Conservation Conference, held at the University of St Andrews in March. Now in its third year, the Scottish Ecology, Environment and Conservation Conference (#SEECC2018) was held in … Continue reading
Scottish Ecology, Environment and Conservation Conference 2018: Panel Debate
In this blog, Elsa Kivinen, a second year undergraduate studying Geography and sustainable development at St Andrews University, reflects on a lively debate at the third student conference #SEECC2018 What are the greatest environmental challenges facing Scotland? How do we … Continue reading
Planning for the future of our seas
The inaugural Sea Scotland conference took place on 15 and 16 June, held at Dundee’s Discovery Point. SNH’s Chris Leakey, Policy and Advice Officer, was there and reports back. Led by Scottish Environment LINK, this was a truly collaborative effort by a … Continue reading
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