Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond faces criticism over his decision to allow offshore oil drilling at the same time as pledging Scotland could achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025
… Scotland's renewable pledge let down by … Energy Natural World windturbinesoffshore.jpg Scotland is on target to meet 30 per cent of … renewable sources by next year, says Salmond Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond faces …
After beavers' reintroduction to Scotland, landowners have accused the native rodents of damaging the environment, causing floods, and worse, writes Louise Ramsay. But the public have rallied to the cause of these charming, beneficial creatures, leaving conservative landowners isolated. Could the shift in sentiment trigger long overdue change in the Scottish countryside?
… Beavers and the coming revolution in Scotland's countryside Louise Ramsay | 8th March 2016 Comment Beavers Scotland Farming Natural World Flooding Water beaver in scotland.jpg After beavers' reintroduction to …
There has been a significant reduction in the killing of seals in Scotland but the Seal Protection Action Group needs your help in ending the killings altogether
… TAKE ACTION to save Scotland's seals Priyanka Mogul | 8th February … reduction in the killing of seals in Scotland but the Seal Protection Action Group … an estimated value of nearly £380 million, Scotland also sees 5,000 seals killed a year - …
Documents released to Wildcat Haven reveal the secret plans of the Scottish Wildcat Action Plan - funded by taxpayers and the National Lottery - to kill trapped feral cats by shooting them in the head with shotguns. Public documents mention only neutering, successfully carried out by Wildcat Haven to protect pure wildcat populations.
… Scotland's secret cat slaughter revealed in … | 12th April 2016 News FOI Natural World Scotland Mammals Conservation Hunting scot … issued by SNH to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) dictates that all feral cats …
What remains of the once mighty Caledonian Forest is fast being eroded by an ever-increasing population of deer. Without reintroducing their natural predator, the wolf, to the wilds of Scotland, the forest and its ecosystem is in danger of disappearing forever. By Jeremy Smith
… December 2005 News Wolves Wolf Reintroduction Scotland Caledonia Natural World Forest … natural predator, the wolf, to the wilds of Scotland, the forest and its ecosystem is in … Jeremy Smith For most of the earth’s history, Scotland was covered in trees – a vast …
The fox-hunting season is now well under way, writes Toni Shephard. But with Cameron still pressing for a Commons vote on wrecking amendments to the Hunting Act, political controversy shows no sign of subsiding. Take, for example, the proposed lifting of the limit on number of dogs that can be used for the 'observation or study' of a wild mammal.
… specific circumstances. In both England and Scotland dogs can be used to flush a wild … used for this purpose in England whereas in Scotland there is no limit on the number of … in England, seemingly bringing parity with Scotland. However, Scotland has only ten hunts …
Native wild beavers in their natural range are meant to receive stringent protection under European and Scottish law, writes Louise Ramsay. But farmers have declared 'open season' on the small but growing population, shooting them at will, while the Scottish Government and its wildlife agency look the other way.
… Scotland's wild beaver 'shoot to kill' policy … Louise Ramsay | 5th December 2015 Comment Scotland UK Natural World Water Regulation … the greed of the fur-trade, is now back in Scotland. Farmers 'shoot to kill' as legal …
A coveted award has put the campaign to protect and recover marine life in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, into the international limelight. Goldman Prize winner Howard Wood explains how Arran Islanders' efforts to keep scallop dredgers out of Lamlash Bay has brought life, and fish, back to the sea.
… recover marine life in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, into the international limelight. … of COAST in Lamlash on the isle of Arran (Scotland) came as a bolt from the blue. Our … This is the first time the Prize has come to Scotland. And although - unlike other winners …
A new study led by RSPB shows that more than half of Britain's most precious upland moors are suffering from burning - widely used to increase the numbers of red grouse available for recreational shooting.
… 45,000 1-km squares were mapped across Scotland, England and Wales, and revealed that … and advice differs between England, Wales and Scotland, and the discrepancies account for … the higher level of 'unfavourable' condition Scotland. In England 53% of the total area is …
Remote, beautiful and totally uninhabited, St Kilda is a wild paradise just off the Scottish coast. In an extract from his book, Isles on the Edge of the Sea, author Jonny Muir explains why it was love at first sight
… St Kilda: exploring Scotland’s most westerly point Jonny Muir | 31st August 2011 Ethical Living St Kilda Scotland UK Travel Jonny Muir Natural World … maximum of six people. The National Trust for Scotland runs working holidays to St Kilda, …
Scotland's native forest remains in only a few fragments, but Trees For Life is working to restore it, and almost all of the work is done by volunteers. Philip Mason joined their newly expanded long-term volunteer programme for two months last autumn.
… | 3rd February 2014 Ethical Living Forests Scotland Natural World tfl-river.png Scotland's native forest remains in only a few … Caledonian Forest covered most of upland Scotland: 5,800 square miles of species-rich …
The migrations of wild salmon over thousands of kilometres are an enduring mystery, writes Chris Todd - as are the reasons for a steep and alarming decline in salmon weight, fat and overall condition.
… My research, in collaboration with Marine Scotland Science , has focused not on … factor, of adult salmon returning to Scotland between 1993-2006. This was measured … precipitously until 2006. Salmon anglers in Scotland recall 2006 as the "year of skinny …
Campaigners warn legislation to protect seals is ‘no where near tight enough’ as industry initiative attempts to find alternatives to shooting
… Fish farmers in Scotland killing estimated 2,000 seals a year … says, killing seals is a ‘free for all’ in Scotland. ‘If you consider a seal a threat to …
With the 6th International Conference on Bovine TB under way today in Cardiff, Lesley Docksey reports on Defra's latest statistics. BTB in England is falling - and it's falling fastest where the strongest biosecurity measures are in place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland.
… place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland. On 12 June Defra released its latest … into hands and groaned. And with good reason: Scotland has achieved official TB-free status, … of TB has been dramatically lowered. In Scotland too they have beaten BTB with an …
Deep in rural Devon, the word is that the Government intends to trap the wild-living beaver family on the River Otter next month, and consign them to captivity. But as Alasdair Cameron writes, this is not only unnecessary and unpopular, but probably illegal as well.
… Comment Natural World Water UK Law beaver-scotland.png Deep in rural Devon, the word is … thing to say. At first they reappeared in Scotland - through escapees in Perthshire and … been discovered from Cornwall to the North of Scotland. There are towns named after them. …
As climate change brings more rain, Britain is suffering from the extinction here of our native flood engineer - the beaver. Louise Ramsay says it's high time to re-introduce these charismatic rodents all over Britain.
… January 2014 Comment Natural World Beavers Scotland UK Floods beaver-pond-cut.jpg As … the Tay catchment near Bamff in Perthshire, Scotland, to live in large enclosures in 2002, … and writer based in Perthshire, Scotland. She has among other things been …
What can western countries learn from their less industrialised counterparts about returning woodlands and forests to productive, profitable, local control?
… process the low-grade material locally. In Scotland there is chronic underemployment. … Community forestry is a growing movement in Scotland, but many factors have slowed … areas are controlled by Forestry Commission Scotland. 'A large proportion of our forests …
Armed with a spade, work gloves, wellies and waterproofs you can help the Trees for Life project to restore an old growth forest to its ancient glory
… to its ancient glory Up in the Highlands of Scotland, in the glens west of Inverness, the … in conjunction with Forestry Commission Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, the RSPB … forestry plantation. Forestry Commission Scotland has committed to planting only native …
New figures just released by Defra show that bovine TB was declining in UK herds - just as Paterson claimed the disease was 'spreading' - and that Wales's no-cull, biosecurity and vaccination policy led to a 24% drop in herd infections.
… confused: they cover England, Wales and Scotland separately, but also include extra … - from 1,015 to 775, or 23.6% Meanwhile in Scotland the 'non-OFT' herds also reduced in … But even as the BTB incidence in Wales and Scotland was falling, it was rising in …
The strongly protected marine reserve in Lamlash Bay, Arran, has been a huge success, write Bryce Stewart & Leigh Howarth, with abandant life returning to the once denuded waters. The government's refusal to expand such protections represents a huge wasted opportunity for both fishing and the marine environment.
… on the Isle of Arran, off the west coast of Scotland, we watched an excited young lad … the only fully protected marine reserve in Scotland. We've looked at the Arran reserve in … : Stop dredging and bottom trawling in Scotland! ' (hosted by Avaaz). This article …
The key to reducing the risk of more floods like those in Carlisle is to realise that conventional 'flood defence' can never provide security against the ever more extreme weather events that global warming will bring. We must embrace natural solutions to holding back flood waters: more trees; and bring back the beavers!
… 2015 Comment Water UK Forests Mammals England Scotland Natural World The Land Climate Change … weekend - beavers are actually being shot in Scotland with the tacit approval of the … powerful landowning interest. So please Scotland, if you are have too many beavers, …
In an exclusive extract from Wild Swimming, author Daniel Start looks back at his best-ever wild dips
… Living Wild Swimming Herefordshire Hampshire Scotland Travel Natural World holding.jpg In … up a friend in Glasgow on her first visit to Scotland we drove north past Loch Lomond in … READ MORE... GREEN LIVING St Kilda: exploring Scotland’s most westerly point Remote, …
Bidding farewell to summer doesn’t mean turning your back on outdoor sports, says Phoebe Doyle. When it comes to surfing, autumn’s where it’s at
… British surfing spots Pease Bay Borders, Scotland Surfing in Scotland has grown enormously in recent years. … explains why. ‘The South East coast of Scotland is a fantastic coastline to start …
Friends of the Earth has filed a lawsuit to challenge Natural England's secretive grant of a licence allowing the Government to trap wild beavers on the River Otter in Devon.
… them within a day, as is currently done in Scotland. Release your evidence! FoE has also … populations have been re-established in Scotland. Wildlife experts, including Natural …