Marine animal entanglement in plastic fishing gear and marine debris is a growing threat to whales and dolphins around the world, driving some species to the brink of extinction. In Scottish waters, Skye-based Ellie MacLennan (co-ordinator of the Scottish Entanglement...
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth Biodiversity is being lost at an alarming rate across the world and the UK is not doing well. The State of Nature report compiled by over 50 organisations uses nearly 50 years of data to see how and why...
From July 22nd to August 5th, a team of Environmental Scientists from Loughborough University will be visiting Skye to conduct a research project that explores what types of litter persist on the island’s beaches in the modern day, and in what quantity. Surveys and cleans will take place around the island.
Dr Kyla Orr’s talk on Kelp farming is now available to view online.
Environmental charities are mobilising their millions of members to take on the UK government over proposals that weaken environmental and wildlife protections in the push for growth, thereby threatening nature and worsening climate change. The RSPB, the National...
The Highland Council is increasing the amount of set aside and wildlife corridors across the area, by reducing areas being mown and the frequency of cutting, for example only cutting paths through larger greenspaces, reducing verge cutting and creating wildflower or...
Video recording of discussion seminar held on 8th September 2021.
If you have half a hectare and want to plant at least 500 trees, the Woodland Trust’s scheme can help you.
This new short animation explores the extraordinary story of peat and carbon, by IUCN UK Peatland Programme.
Jonathon Porritt explains how securing a stable climate for the future of humankind depends as much on recarbonising natural systems, as it does on decarbonising our industrial economy.