Credit © NatureScot A conservation group has criticised the Scottish government for scaling back on the size of a seasonal protection area for cod in the Firth of Clyde. Ministers…
Credit © NatureScot A conservation group has criticised the Scottish government for scaling back on the size of a seasonal protection area for cod in the Firth of Clyde. Ministers…
Saving Scotland’s Giant Skate: Project MediaClick the image to watch! The flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) is a critically endangered species with numbers greatly reduced from what they once were. The…
The UK government has promised to “halt the decline of nature” as part of a new drive to improve the environment. More trees are to be planted, the sale of…
Protecting our seas must be a priority, writes Calum Duncan in this piece for The Scotsman. As this most challenging of years comes to a close, we are all lifting…
Despite a wide-ranging debate showing the Scottish Parliament’s increasing concern for nature, it misses a vital opportunity to declare a Nature Emergency. RSPB Scotland has described the outcome of the…
More 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…
Image: The Argyll Coast and Islands Hope Spot In this guest blog for CCN, Peter Hume explains the idea behind Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) and presents the results of research…
Can we afford not to, in economic terms, or even for our future existence?! Scotland lies at the convergence of several oceanic and continental currents, these in turn influence the…
A 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…
From 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…