26 Feb 2025
The introduction of statutory targets to protect nature is a long-standing campaign demand of Scottish Environment LINK. We therefore welcome the publication of the Natural Environment Bill, introduced to the Scottish Parliament last week, which represents a vital opportunity to halt biodiversity decline and drive forward nature’s recovery. Scotland’s Biodiversity Framework The Scottish Government’s commitment […]
20 Feb 2025
Environment charities have welcomed the publication this week of Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill, a crucial step in fighting the nature and climate crises. The publication of this Bill, with its provision for legally binding nature recovery targets, has been a key ask of the Scotland Loves Nature campaign, launched in 2024. Alongside legal targets, the […]
27 Nov 2024
A coalition of environmental charities has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity that outlines the Scottish government’s action plan to halt and reverse nature loss. This strategy and accompanying delivery plan, alongside the Natural Environment Bill and legal targets for nature recovery, sets the stage for urgent action to address Scotland’s biodiversity […]
04 Sep 2024
Commenting on the Programme for Government, Deborah Long, Chief Officer at Scottish Environment LINK, said: “The First Minister’s commitment to introduce a Natural Environment Bill is great news for everyone who cares about Scotland’s environment. “Through the Scotland Loves Nature campaign, more than 40 organisations had called on the Scottish Government to bring forward this […]
01 Sep 2024
This article first appeared in The Scotsman. Scotland’s response to lockdown was to fall in love with nature. The more we were limited to our homes, the more we realised how much nature meant to us and how much it helped us feel better when the world felt bleak. Have we forgotten that? The natural world […]
05 Oct 2023
By Deborah Long, Chief Officer at Scottish Environment LINK Scotland is renowned across the world for its landscapes, seas and wildlife. Despite that reputation, we are 28th from the bottom of countries in terms of the health of our biodiversity, as measured by the Biodiversity Intactness Index. Scotland’s wildlife is not doing well. If we […]
07 Sep 2023
A coalition of environmental charities has welcomed the publication of a major consultation outlining the next steps in the Scottish Government’s approach to reversing nature loss. The consultation includes elements of the forthcoming Natural Environment Bill such as the introduction of legal targets for nature restoration as well as the details of the first delivery […]
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