Two new appointees at Wildlife Estates Scotland
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Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES), the internationally recognised accreditation scheme promoting habitat and wildlife management best practice, has made two new appointments to its leadership groups.
...‘Green’ investment can deliver economic, social and environmental benefits for all in rural Scotland
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Scottish Land & Estates said today that the debate around investment in natural capital should not ignore the urgency of the climate and nature emergencies - and should focus on maximising the...
Effective control of fox populations vital to Scotland’s farming
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Protecting livestock, wildlife and game from predation must be a key concern when considering any changes to legislation around fox control.
Scottish Land & Estates made the comments as part of...
UK’s first Eagle Town flies high with the country’s first Eagle Festival to help protect golden eagles
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The UK’s first ever Golden Eagle Festival (which took place from 19 to 26 of September 2021) saw a wonderful celebration of one of Scotland’s most iconic wildlife species, culminating in the official...
Scottish Land & Estates made part of The Queen’s Green Canopy Friends Network
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Scottish Land & Estates is part of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) Friend's Network. The network comprises of a number of organisations based all over the UK who are supporting the QGC in a variety of...
Two Scottish landholdings gain prestigious wildlife conservation accreditation
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Two Scottish landholdings have retained their prestigious international accreditation to recognise their ongoing work in wildlife management and conservation.
Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES)...
The Helping it Happen Awards 2021: Anderson Strathern's Anne Chapman on the Conservation Award
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In this blog, Anne Chapman covers the importance of conservation activities, and how these tie up with Anderson Strathern's own history and sponsorship of this years' Conservation Award at the Helping...
Rottal Estates
HIH Case Study
Rottal an upland estate focussing everything we do on improving wildlife, biodiversity and habitats through restoring and re-naturalising rivers, burns, water margins, riparian planting, natural...
New alliance to protect Scotland's golden eagles
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A collection of Perthshire grouse moors and farms has formed an unlikely alliance with a major conservation body to advance eagle conservation in an area of past alleged persecution.
The Tayside...
Growing trees - so many benefits
Blog Post
Lyn White is Scottish Forestry’s forestry and farming development officer. In this guest blog, she explains why if you were ever considering creating more woodlands on your land – now is a great time...
Dunvegan Castle & Gardens awarded a £1 million grant from the Scottish Government and EU for an ambitious native woodland creation scheme at Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye
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After over a year and a half in development, the MacLeod Estate’s new native woodland creation scheme has been awarded a £1million grant from the Scottish Government and EU. The project is being...