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Photo Story – 10,000 support better protection for Scottish sealife

November 27th, 2013 by

Press release from LINK’s Marine Taskforce, 13 November 2013

Champions of Champions

November 4th, 2013 by

Scotland’s threatened wildlife has had a massive boost in support this week. Ten new ‘Species Champions’ joined the 53 MSPs already lending their political support to the country’s threatened biodiversity. At a celebratory event held on Thursday 31st October 2013 in Holyrood, it was announced that an impressive 75 out of the original 93 have now been ‘adopted’

Invite and Alert to Species Champion Bat Walk

September 24th, 2013 by

Members for Scottish Parliament have been invited by Scottish Environment LINK’s Wildlife Forum Species Champion initiative on a Bat Walk around Holyrood this evening along with bat experts and enthusiasts to eavesdrop into the normally secret world of bats.

Sealife protection plans need people power

August 30th, 2013 by

People have a once-in-a-generation chance to shape the management of Scotland’s seas.

Our chance to reverse centuries of decline at sea, say campaigners

July 25th, 2013 by

Press release from LINK’s Marine Taskforce as the Scottish Government consults on Marine Protected Areas and the National Marine Plan

LINK Press Release: Scottish Government attempts to ‘keep quiet’ on it’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

June 28th, 2013 by

The Scottish Government today launched, without any fanfare, the ‘Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme’. Government is required to produce this programme by the Climate Change (Scotland) act 2009, and it sets out the policies and proposals that Government believes are needed to help Scotland adapt to huge changes in our climate. The vitally important plan was not accompanied by a media release, and was launched in the shadow of the Government’s updated plan (RPP2), which was published only yesterday and widely criticised by climate change campaigners.

Launch of LINK’s Hill Tracks Campaign, June 2013

June 6th, 2013 by

Press release  – Picture power will be deployed in fight against unregulated scars on the landscape.

Environmental Groups broadly welcome Government’s Planning Blueprints

April 30th, 2013 by

Media release by LINK Planning Taskforce

Marine report tells cautionary tale for Scottish Government

April 12th, 2013 by

A parliamentary report highlighting a chronic “lack of clarity” with English marine protection plans sends a strong signal to the Scottish Government about its proposals for a marine protected area network to safeguard Scotland’s marine biodiversity.

LINK welcomes RACCE report on Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy

March 19th, 2013 by

LINK Wildlife Forum’s briefing and press release on the publication of Challenge 2020, the report from the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs & Climate Change & Environment Committee on Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy.