UK government said it failed on two-thirds of biodiversity targets, but RSPB analysis is bleaker – and suggests UK is moving backwards in some areas. The UK has failed to…
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Climate change threat to Scotland’s seabed
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020StKilda Image © Nature Scot: George Stoyle One of Scotland’s most important marine ecosystems is at risk of almost vanishing if climate change continues at the current rate, scientists have…
Involve local groups in protecting biodiversity
Thursday, September 10th, 2020Edinburgh declaration calls on leaders to work far more closely with communities to protect biodiversity. The worldwide effort to combat critical levels of biodiversity loss will fail without far greater…
Edinburgh Declaration calls for commitment to nature
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020Yesterday [31 August], the Scottish government published the ‘Edinburgh Declaration’. This declaration seeks agreement between subnational, regional and local governments across the world, calling on the United Nations Convention on…
Seagrass restoration project to resurrect UK’s sea meadows
Monday, March 16th, 2020First seagrass restoration project in Britain will capture carbon rapidly and offer habitat for lost marine life. “We think this whole bay was once carpeted with seagrass,” says Evie Furness,…
New colony of rare freshwater pearl mussels discovered
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020A new colony of endangered freshwater pearl mussels has been discovered in the north Highlands. The rare species was uncovered during a watercourse survey being carried out before culvert replacement…
Ocean temperatures hit record highs as heating accelerates
Thursday, January 16th, 2020The Earth’s oceans hit record high temperatures in 2019 as the rate of global warming continued to accelerate, researchers have said. The rate of heat introduced to the planet’s oceans over…
Scottish wildlife at risk from 40% public funding cuts
Thursday, December 12th, 2019Scottish Government funding for major environment bodies has been slashed by 40 per cent over the last decade putting nature and the climate at risk, according to a new expert…
State of Nature report confirms UK biodiversity crisis
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019Populations of the UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date, the State of Nature report. The…
The Atlantic Ocean is “running out of breath”
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019A huge international research programme has been launched to assess the health of the Atlantic Ocean. The iAtlantic project is the biggest ever mounted in the planet’s second largest ocean….
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