Category Archives: Natural Capital

Extreme Weather Requires a Restoration Period

Posted on October 21, 2022 by NatureScot

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 →

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Seeing the Bog Through the Trees

Posted on October 12, 2022 by NatureScot

Forest-to-bog peatland restoration sounds a little niche, so what made over 60 landowners, land managers and contractors, as well as peatland and forestry practitioners, come together to find out more about it? They all travelled to Dalchork Forest, near Lairg … Continue reading →

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Nature key to Scotland’s green recovery action plan

Posted on June 26, 2020 by NatureScot

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 →

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Introducing: Why invest in nature? a short film competition

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Young filmmakers with a passion for nature are being sought for our new competition that aims to encourage businesses to see the benefits of the natural world.  We have joined forces with the Scottish Forum on Natural Capital (SFNC) to … Continue reading →

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A bheil thu deiseil airson Maoin Dualchais Nàdarra is Chultarail? /Are you ready for the Natural Cultural Heritage Fund?

Posted on December 6, 2018 by NatureScot

Tha maoin ùr luach £5 millean air fàire a chumas taic ri daoine is buidhnean is an cuid bheachdan airson seallaidhean, fiadh-bheatha is cultar na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean a bhrosnachadh. Bidh Maoin Dualchais Nàdarra is Chultarail fosgailte nas fhaide … Continue reading →

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New leadership’s first annual report sees year of successes and looks to the future

Posted on November 23, 2018 by NatureScot

2017/18 was a year of change for SNH.  We welcomed a new Chair and a new CEO; and we refreshed our Corporate Plan, with an eye to the future and a stronger focus on the benefits that connecting people and … Continue reading →

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Nature for future Generations – where next?

Posted on May 25, 2018 by NatureScot

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 →

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Loch Leven Special Protection Area named a finalist for 2018 Natura 2000 Awards

Posted on May 23, 2018 by NatureScot

Scottish Natural Heritage and partners were recently shortlisted for a prestigious Natura 2000 award. Karen Mitchell, Operations Officer based in our Battleby office has just returned from the award ceremony in Brussels. Here’s the low down of the prestigious event. … Continue reading →

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Supporting low carbon technologies with All Energy

Posted on May 17, 2018 by NatureScot

Earlier this month SNH hosted a stand at the All Energy Conference in Glasgow. All Energy is the UK’s largest renewable energy trade show and is an ideal forum through which we can promote good practice, meet with developers and … Continue reading →

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Nature conservation and natural capital

Posted on February 1, 2018 by NatureScot

After two months on a graduate placement with SNH, Tom McKenna recently secured a permanent role as Economist with us. He tells us about his experience at SNH as a young person, and his work with the Natural Capital Asset … Continue reading →

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