My first month
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One month ago I started my new life in Inverness, thanks to my European Solidarity Corps long-term position with the Scottish Wildlife Trust, after my four weeks here, I can …
Call to action as Coul Links inquiry closes following passionate defence of protected area
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We’re calling for action to make sure the Scottish Ministers know how valuable our protected areas are to us, to wildlife, and to local livelihoods. The Scottish Wildlife Trust …
Living Cities: The Magnificent Eleven
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The Trust’s Living Cities publication outlines practical actions that can be taken to embed nature into the urban environment. In this guest blog, Catherine Watt, Secretary of Glasgow Ramblers explains how The Magnificent …
The Apocalypse of Small Things
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Discussions of wildlife losses often concentrate on the relatively big things, from red squirrels to wildcats, and the picture that paints is worrying enough. But according to new, comprehensive research, …
Never Go Back – why we need non-regression to be embedded in Scots law
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“I will fight any attempt to ‘turn back the clock’ on standards of environmental protection”, pledged Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham in the aftermath of the EU referendum. Environmental charities from …
Jonny Hughes: Calls for goosander culls are ducking a bigger problem
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Goosanders are no ordinary ducks. For a start they have a habit of nesting in trees and, at well over half a metre long, they are much bigger than the …
February in Ayrshire
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It was such a cold, snowy start to February, visiting the reserves and carrying out patrol reports in such wintry conditions is just as enjoyable as other times of the …
Living Cities: Taking swift action in Stanley
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The Trust’s Living Cities publication outlines practical actions that can be taken to embed nature into the urban environment. In this guest blog, Elspeth Coutts from Stanley Swift Project explains how a …
Jonny Hughes: Why we need to talk about synthetic biology
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It is already four years since Chinese researchers became the first to edit genes in a human embryo and now three months since the geneticist He Jiankui created global controversy …
Farewell to the Highlands
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I can’t believe how time has flown away, I am near the end of my placement. However, before I say goodbye, I would like to tell you how I spent …