Environment
With the school summer holidays off to a sunny start, families across Stirlingshire are being urged to get on their bikes and enjoy the great outdoors.
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Crown Estate Scotland has launched a special fund to help promote the sustainable development of Scotland’s marine tourism sector.
- Read more about New £3m investment for boat-based tourism
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A consultation on new legislation on the sale and use of fireworks and tackling the misuse of pyrotechnics has been published.
The proposed Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bill follows the report of an independent Fireworks Review Group which recommended tightening legislation to reduce the harm fireworks can cause.
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Four South of Scotland organisations have launched a challenge to companies to find an innovative technological solution to tackling climate change through land use.
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Grants available to deliver a green economic recovery across the Islands.
Businesses and community groups located across Scotland’s inhabited islands are now able to apply for grants of up to £150,000 through the new Island Communities Fund (ICF) for projects focussed on supporting sustainable island economies and the journey towards net zero.
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Scotland’s farms and crofts urged to take part in important survey.
The size and scale of Scotland’s agritourism sector is to be measured for first time in a new annual census of farms, crofts and estates across the country.
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£22 million this year towards meeting climate change targets.
Projects to restore Scotland’s peatlands will get a share of £22 million this year to significantly reduce carbon emissions and support biodiversity as part of the government’s climate change plan.
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