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Report shows more beavers moved as Scottish population expands

SCOTTISH beavers were trapped and moved at an increased level in the country last year, according to a new report on beaver management. This comes...

Scotland’s nature hot spots to receive extra funding for summer

SCOTTISH nature sites will receive a staffing boost this summer, with £900,000 of funding from the Scottish Government. The NatureScot Better Places funding will go...

National effort needed to save Scottish wildcat

RESEARCH published today by NatureScot is being used to inform people about the action that is needed to secure the Scottish wildcat's long-term future. To...

NatureScot finishes intervening work to prevent deer damage

SCOTS-based public body, NatureScot has concluded use of its intervention powers to carry out a cull of red deer in Sutherland to protect designated...

General licenses restricted on Scots estate following crime against birds

A SCOTS estate has seen general licenses restricted for three years following evidence of crime against birds. Millden Estate in Angus was issued the restriction...

Almost 100 new Scottish sites identified to safeguard trees from climate change

SCOTTISH land has been identified to safeguard trees in order to tackle climate change. Efforts to preserve the highly-threated genetic diversity of Scotland’s native trees...

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