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The Flow Country in Caithness and Sutherland has been granted World Heritage Site Status by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee.

It joins Scotland’s six existing WHS - the Neolithic Heart of Orkney, New Lanark, The Antonine Wall, the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh and the Forth Bridge, which were all awarded the designation for their cultural heritage, and St Kilda, recognised for both its cultural and natural importance.

'Heart of Scotland' - Practical Conservation Day

Join Perthshire Ranger team and partners from the 'Heart of Scotland Forest Partnership' for a day of footpath work at Dun Coillich Community Woodland, next to Schiehallion, where we will be helping to improve the walking trail network.

Potatoes in Practice 2024

Potatoes in Practice is the largest field-based potato event in the UK. The event brings together variety demonstrations, research and trade exhibits in one place making it an essential date in the potato industry calendar.

Wild Strathfillan, a new ambitious nature restoration initiative in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, has become one of seven delivery projects in Scotland to receive a generous and substantial funding boost to the value of £1.1 million thanks to the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot.

As part of Scotland’s National Adaptation Plan and wider Just Transition commitments, the Scottish Government is developing a Flood Resilience Strategy which will focus on what we need to do to make our communities more flood resilient over the coming decades.

Argyll Beaver Centre Wildlife Festival

From 28/7/24 to 3/8/24 the Argyll Beaver Centre (ABC) will be celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the release of beavers into Knapdale Forest, Argyll with a week-long wildlife festival.

A project that aims to capture, transport and safely store CO2 emissions from across Scotland will be granted £2 million from the Scottish Government.

The new funding will be used to explore how a pipeline could transport Carbon Dioxide from Scotland’s central belt to the North East.

Galloway has been confirmed as the proposed location for Scotland’s next National Park with a further investigation to be carried out on its suitability.

Funding of £2,000 is now available to all Scottish Farming businesses for a FAS Integrated Land Management Plan, including those that had one before 4 July 2024.

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