Category Archives: sustainable farming

Great VIBES at Environment Business Awards

Posted on December 16, 2019 by NatureScot

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 →

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‘Stop soil erosion, Save our future’

Posted on December 5, 2019 by NatureScot

Today is World Soil Day and it gives us a chance to celebrate soils and raise awareness of the importance of sustaining healthy soils. The message of the Day, ‘Stop soil erosion, Save our future’, clearly demonstrates the vital benefits … Continue reading →

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Agroforestry in Scotland? Forestry Grant Scheme funding still available until December 2020

Posted on February 26, 2019 by NatureScot

In today’s blog, our woodlands specialist, Kate Holl, talks about the many benefits of agroforestry for farmers, as well as the funding available. Agroforestry simply means integrating trees into agricultural land.  But in contrast to farm woodland creation, which normally … Continue reading →

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Inch Farm: farming and the environment in action

Posted on February 8, 2019 by NatureScot

Kirsten Brewster, SNH Agriculture Officer, visited Inch Farm and met with farmer Andrew to discuss his Agri-Environment Climate Scheme. The farm, in Fife’s East Neuk, has views across to both the Isle of May and Bass Rock. On the day … Continue reading →

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Rewarding the Delivery of Public Goods – Land use conference highlights

Posted on January 15, 2019 by NatureScot

SNH staff attended The Scottish Biennial Land Use and the Environment conference late last year.  The event – organised by SRUC and partners, including SNH, SEPA, SEFARI, CEH, JHI and Forest Research – attracted a large audience of policy makers, … 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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Sharing Good Practice: Farmers and Nature

Posted on June 22, 2018 by NatureScot

Last month, Battleby Auditorium played host to a popular Sharing Good Practice event, Farmers and Nature: promoting success and looking forward. We wanted farmers to share their success stories about how they farm sustainably to benefit nature. And we weren’t … Continue reading →

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SNH joins with Romania to celebrate a sustainable landscape

Posted on May 2, 2018 by NatureScot

SNH was recently host to a fascinating discussion about sustainable landscapes but, unusually for SNH, these landscapes were in Romania. Folk from a range of backgrounds gathered to hear impressions from two SNH speakers: Area Manager, Forth, Andy Dorin and … Continue reading →

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