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Skate nursery site found in community-led survey
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020More than 100 eggs belonging to the critically endangered flapper skate have been discovered on the rocky seabed off the northwest coast of Scotland. Conservationists say it is one of…
The Edinburgh Declaration: Coastal Communities Respond
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020Kelp Forest, Loch Laxford © GeorgeStoyle/NatureScot On 31st August 2020, the Scottish government published the ‘Edinburgh Declaration‘. This declaration calls on the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological…
World fails to meet biodiversity targets
Thursday, September 24th, 2020The world has failed to meet any biodiversity targets to stem the destruction of wildlife and life-sustaining ecosystems in the last decade, according to a devastating new report from the…
Tighter controls for Scotland’s coastal waters
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020The slate grey coastal waters around Arran harbour a rich marine world of colourful sea slugs, long-clawed lobsters, kelp forests, vibrant beds of coral-like red algae and the occasional passing…
UK fails on 17 of 20 UN biodiversity targets
Thursday, September 17th, 2020UK 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…
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,…
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