Coul Links saved from development
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The Trust has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to refuse permission for damaging plans for a golf course in the Highlands. Coul Links © Craig Allardyce “Today’s decision demonstrates that …
Groups call for Ardeer’s natural heritage to be recognised
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Leading conservation charities are calling on North Ayrshire Council to ensure that one of the most important places for wildlife in the region is safeguarded from inappropriate development. The Scottish …
Decision on Coul Links could come at any time
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The fate of Coul Links, a globally important wild place on the Sutherland coast which is under threat from a proposed golf course, is now in the hands of Scottish …
Sir David Attenborough and the Scottish Wildlife Trust call for nature’s recovery
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Sir David Attenborough has joined forces with the Scottish Wildlife Trust to demand action to help nature recover. In a short film released today in response to the continued …
Call for support for world’s first basking shark marine protected area
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The Scottish Wildlife Trust and Marine Conservation Society are asking people to show their support for basking sharks by responding to a Scottish Government consultation. The Sea of the Hebrides …
Coul Links inquiry tees off
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A public inquiry into whether the controversial proposals for a golf course at Coul Links in East Sutherland should go ahead has begun today and is expected to last at least …
Demand action for Scotland’s nature
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The Trust has joined its partners in Scottish Environment LINK, a coalition of 35 Scottish environmental charities, in welcoming the Scottish Government’s consultation on environmental principles and governance in Scotland. …
Drone documents destruction of precious sand dunes in Ayrshire
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The destruction of a large and wildlife-rich area of sand dunes in North Ayrshire has been documented from the air. Drone footage captured by a local photographer gives a birds-eye …
Fight for Scotland’s nature
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Scottish Environment LINK, a coalition of Scotland’s leading environmental charities, has launched an urgent call for Scotland to have its own environment act. Fears sparked by UK’s decision to leave …
Scottish Ministers call in plans for a golf course at Coul Links
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Scottish Ministers have called in plans for a golf course at Coul Links near Embo, East Sutherland after deciding that the case is of ‘national importance’. The controversial plans, which …