Category Archives: Rewilding

Happy World Seagrass Day from Scotland!

Posted on March 1, 2023 by NatureScot

Today’s blog celebrates World Seagrass Day with a look at some of Scotland’s work and recent achievements in the global fight to restore and protect this crucial habitat. Dr Richard J Lilley, Co-founder of Project Seagrass, tells us more… When … Continue reading →

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A Gaelic View of ‘Wild’

Posted on August 5, 2022 by NatureScot

The Gaelic equivalent of the English word ‘rewilding’ is ‘ath-fhiadhachadh’. Roddy Maclean argues that the word, and the concept, sit comfortably within a Gaelic world-view. Continue reading →

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‘Ath-fhiadhachadh’ tro Shùilean nan Gàidheal

Posted on August 5, 2022 by NatureScot

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ cumail a-mach gu bheil ‘ath-fhiadhachadh’ nàdarrach gu leòr mar bheachd-smuain agus mar fhacal Continue reading →

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Case studies in rewilding and large-scale nature restoration

Posted on May 24, 2022 by NatureScot

Many of us have heard about ‘rewilding’. There are some excellent examples of exciting rewilding projects in Scotland, such as on our Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve. Rewilding is about working with natural processes, guided by people at least in … Continue reading →

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Sharing our views: the Scottish Beaver Forum

Posted on November 2, 2020 by NatureScot

Today’s blog is written by the Chair of the Scottish Beaver Forum and NatureScot’s Tayside & Grampian Area Manager, Denise Reed. In Scotland, beavers became a European Protected Species in May 2019. Their numbers have expanded across Tayside and beyond … Continue reading →

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The future of Chatelherault lies in its past

Posted on June 7, 2016 by NatureScot

A massive woodland management project is underway at Chatelherault Country Park in South Lanarkshire. Almost 20 hectares of non-native plantation conifers will be removed and native woodland regenerated, to restore the park’s spectacular historical views and features. The 5th Duke … Continue reading →

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