Credit: Rebecca Plant It had been a while since CCN members were able to meet at Gartmore, with the pandemic having delayed the planned 2020 get together, but we were…
Posts Tagged ‘Community’
Berwickshire Marine Reserve Marine Monitoring
Monday, February 14th, 2022Credit © Berwickshire Marine Reserve Last year the Berwickshire Marine Reserve (BMR) received £3000 from the Community Support Fund to help them build organisational capacity to monitor pressures that threaten…
Scotland’s first seagrass restoration guide
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021Seagrass © Ben James/NatureScot Flickr Scotland’s first handbook for seagrass restoration has been published as trials in the innovative technique gather pace. The handbook has been developed by NatureScot in…
Recruitment: Coastal Communities Network Coordinator
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021Coastal Communities Network Coordinator, Conservation Science & Design, Fauna & Flora International Salary: Circa £25,000 per annum Start Date: February 2022 Contract Type: Two-year fixed-term contract Location: FFI’s office space…
Seagrass and oyster restoration begins in the Forth
Thursday, October 28th, 2021Scientist Richard Lilley is one of the team working on a new £2.4 million project to restore seagrass and wild oyster populations in the Firth of Forth. Pioneering work to…
Listen to local voices – Scotland’s coastal communities
Monday, October 11th, 2021Flame shell. Credit: COAST Scotland’s coastline and inshore waters support a wealth of marine species and ecosystems, much of it vital to local livelihoods, but all too often its coastal…
Seagrass Harvest Open Day at Loch Craignish!
Tuesday, August 24th, 2021Community snorkelers and volunteers marked a milestone in Scottish inshore marine habitat restoration in mid-August by harvesting and planting seagrass in Loch Craignish. Over 60 snorkellers and volunteers from the…
Scotland’s first seaweed festival!
Monday, August 16th, 2021Scotland’s very first seaweed festival! From September 6th – 12th 2021, Isle Martin Seaweed Festival is celebrating all that is special about seaweed from this amazing part of the world….
A Vision for National Marine Parks in Scotland
Thursday, June 10th, 2021A new report, ‘Vision for National Marine Parks’ commissioned by Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE), reveals the extent that leaders in coastal communities are beginning to explore how community-led national marine…
Oysters returned to the Firth of Clyde
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021Some 1,300 oysters have been returned to the Firth of Clyde amid efforts to bring the ‘ocean superheroes’ back from the brink of extinction. Experts say native oysters provide benefits to the…