Puffin protest as MSPs debate nature bill
30 October 2025
Campaigners wearing puffin, bumblebee, wildcat and red squirrel costumes demonstrated outside Scottish Parliament as MSPs prepared to debate the Natural Environment Bill.
Almost half of Scotland’s species have decreased in number since the 1970s, and one in nine is at risk of extinction here.
We also know that nature, just like people, can recover. Together, we can help Scotland’s amazing wildlife and nature-rich places to thrive.
We want to live in a Scotland where our seas and rivers are teeming with life, our native woodlands are regenerating and our fields are buzzing with pollinators – and much, much more. To reverse the decline of Scotland’s nature and to help it recover on a big scale, we need action across society.
The Scotland Loves Nature campaign calls on the Scottish government to:
Help make this happen by joining the campaign.
Scotland’s nature gives us so much, from our stunning beaches, glens and lochs to our love for the local parks, hills, woods or waterways nearest to where we live. It’s part of our identity.
Nature is central to our health and wellbeing, enabling us to produce food and providing us with clean air and water as well as enjoyment and relaxation.
It’s also vital to tackling climate change. Healthy ecosystems give us greater resilience, including by storing carbon and protecting us from flooding.
Scotland’s nature is in trouble. But it has an amazing capacity for recovery. Across Scotland, people are working together to restore our fantastic wildlife and habitats – for example, creating new native woodlands, restoring degraded peatlands, planting seagrass and reintroducing native oysters.
Each small story of recovery shows us what people and nature can achieve together. Let’s help Scotland’s nature win big!
Three quarters of Scotland’s people believe there should be legal targets for nature recovery.
In February 2025, the Scottish government introduced a Natural Environment Bill that, if passed into law, will require government ministers to set legally binding targets. This is a huge step forward.
With Scotland’s amazing nature under increasing threat, there can be no delay. We need strong and effective targets to help struggling wildlife, deliver healthy habitats like our iconic peatlands and native woodlands, and end the threat of extinctions.
And we need the funding in place to ensure these targets are met.
Together, we can set Scotland’s nature on the path to recovery, so that healthy, thriving ecosystems can support and sustain Scotland’s people for generations to come.
Puffin protest as MSPs debate nature bill
30 October 2025
Campaigners wearing puffin, bumblebee, wildcat and red squirrel costumes demonstrated outside Scottish Parliament as MSPs prepared to debate the Natural Environment Bill.
Make nature a priority
22 October 2025
From the tallest tree to the tiniest microorganism in the soil, Scotland’s nature really matters. When nature is healthy, people are happier and healthier too. We love nature, and we depend on it for everything from clean air and water to the food we eat. Not least, we rely on insects to pollinate many of our essential food crops.
MSPs back nature targets in report to parliament
1 October 2025
A Scottish parliamentary committee has backed proposals to introduce statutory targets to restore nature. Legally binding nature recovery targets are the central demand of the Scotland Loves Nature campaign. The committee report describes the rate of nature loss as ‘deeply concerning’ and says that efforts to date have not halted biodiversity decline.