Edinburgh 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…
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Coastal communities missing out on government funding
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019Scotland’s coastal communities are missing the chance to bid for millions in government funding, while projects in England and Wales benefit, the Tories have claimed. The Scottish Government was given…
Giving teeth to marine protected areas
Friday, April 5th, 2019Pair trawling is when two ships travel in parallel several hundred metres apart towing a huge net which indiscriminately scoops up marine animals in its path. Our planet’s oceans are…
Scotland land ownership ‘damaging communities’ in some areas
Thursday, March 21st, 2019Concentrated land ownership appears to be causing “significant and long-term damage” to communities in some parts of Scotland, a report has found. The Scottish Land Commission report found that power…
Citizen Science Comes of Age
Thursday, March 7th, 2019Increasingly, scientists are relying on data gathered by volunteers to make their research happen. A team of seven scuba divers crawled along the seafloor in a shallow bay off Tasmania,…
Oban woodland added to chain of ‘rainforest’ sites
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019Conservationists have taken responsibility for a prominent woodland, completing a suite of five “Scottish rainforest” sites stretching up the west coast from Argyll to Skye. Dunollie Wood is an 80-acre…
Marine conservation studies set for Skye and Lochalsh
Friday, February 15th, 2019An awareness event to mark the launch of a new marine conservation project is due to be held in the south of Skye later this month, as a marine conservation…
A local view helps the fight for the ocean
Thursday, January 10th, 2019A local view helps fight the effects of climate change on the ocean, says this article from The Conversation. In 2011, a marine heatwave hit the west coast of Australia leading…
FFI: Scotland’s kelp forests
Friday, December 28th, 2018As we move towards the end of 2018, here’s a look back at one of the biggest community campaigns of the year – protecting Scotland’s kelp forests – and the…
Calum Duncan: Oceans need protection
Monday, December 17th, 2018From the air we breathe to the food we eat, Scotland needs oceans full of life. Yet they are struggling. With the tide of ocean plastics awareness, resistance to mechanically…
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