Puffin protest as MSPs debate nature bill
Campaigners wearing puffin, bumblebee, wildcat and red squirrel costumes demonstrated outside Scottish Parliament as MSPs prepared to debate the Natural Environment Bill.
Campaigners wearing puffin, bumblebee, wildcat and red squirrel costumes demonstrated outside Scottish Parliament as MSPs prepared to debate the Natural Environment Bill.
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.
A pair of billboards appeared on Edinburgh’s busy Market Street today with an urgent message for Scotland’s MSPs. The billboards were created by the Scotland Loves Nature campaign, which calls on the Scottish government to set legally binding targets to restore nature.
Campaigners gathered at the Scottish parliament on Thursday afternoon to demand action to restore Scotland’s nature. Supporters of the Scotland Loves Nature campaign gathered to urge leaders to act now to protect and restore nature, as MSPs prepare to debate the Natural Environment Bill later this year. The Natural Environment Bill is a vital opportunity […]
Join us at the Scottish parliament to demand action to restore Scotland’s nature. Scotland’s people love Scotland’s nature. It’s part of who we are. We know nature is struggling. But just like people, nature can recover. Together, we can help Scotland’s amazing wildlife and wild places to thrive. Join us to demand action to restore […]
Top representatives from the SNP, Green and Liberal Democrats came together at the Scottish Parliament this week to support the introduction of legally binding nature recovery targets in Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill. Scotland ranks in the lowest 15% of countries globally for the overall health of its biodiversity, and since the 1970s almost half of […]
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 campaign also […]
This month the Scottish government published research showing that Scotland’s nature contributes more than £40 billion to the economy and supports around 260,000 jobs.
By any standards, that means nature – the complex array of life with which we share this land and its surrounding seas – plays a massive role in our economic life.
The Scottish Government must protect spending on the natural environment in its upcoming budget, campaigners have said. The call comes after it was announced that the Scottish Government will receive an additional £3.4 billion in funding following the UK budget. Earlier this year Scottish Ministers were criticised after money allocated to councils for nature restoration […]
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 […]
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 […]
7 in 10 people living in rural Scotland believe the Scottish Government should do more to make farming and fishing environmentally sustainable, according to a new poll. The findings will put more pressure on Scottish Ministers to deliver for the environment as campaigners await detail of the new agricultural funding system and crucial decisions on […]