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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…
Scotland at risk of losing environment laws
Thursday, August 27th, 2020Scotland has four months left to Brexit-proof its environment laws. Will we make it? Scotland’s nature, our unique wildlife, stunning landscapes and natural resources like water and soil, are central…
Creel fishers lodge judicial review
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020Creel fishermen have taken the Scottish Government to court over access to island waters. Alistair Sinclair, national co-ordinator of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF), says the body is acting…
Blue recovery: the role of Scotland’s seas
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020A blog by Esther Brooker, LINK Marine Policy and Engagement Officer, and Calum Duncan, Head of Conservation Scotland for the Marine Conservation Society. Our ocean remains in desperate need of…
Scotland’s new draft environment laws
Thursday, July 16th, 2020If you believe your local environment is being harmed due to the failure of a public body to meet environmental standards, you can raise an official complaint and request an…
COP26: Glasgow could host 2020 UN climate summit
Friday, August 9th, 2019The next United Nations climate change summit will take place in Glasgow, if a bid to attract COP26 to the UK is successful, it has been announced. The UK and…
UK will miss almost all 2020 nature targets
Monday, March 25th, 2019The UK will miss almost all the 2020 nature targets it signed up to a decade ago, according to a report by the government’s official advisers. The nation is failing…
UK trawlers ignoring fish discards ban
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019Public backing for a ban on discarding edible fish at sea has been thwarted by the reluctance of the fishing industry and the government to put an end to the…
FFI: When is an MPA not an MPA?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019A recent paper on the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in northern Europe (“Elevated trawling inside protected areas undermines conservation outcomes in a global fishing hot spot”) reveals that…
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