Sustained and systematic liaison with planning authorities is necessary for nature conservation to become a substantive local plan issue.doi:10.1080/00320718708711803Selmana Department of Environmental Science , University of Stirling , ScotlandPaul H....
geoconservation groups. The UKGAP sets out a framework for geodiversity action across the United Kingdom and aims to be ‘A framework for enhancing the importance and role of geodiversity’. It has been developed and agreed through wide consultation and dialogue across England, Scotland,Walesand...
This paper assesses the efficacy and relevance of local landscape designations in Scotland as landscape management tools. Local landscape designations are a generic term applied to landscapes designated by local authorities for reasons of their rarity, representativeness or variety. Yet they remain neglec...
Crofting and bumblebee conservation: The impact of land management practices on bumblebee populations in northwest Scotland. Biol. Conserv. 143, 492–500 (2010). Google Scholar Reid, J. L., Harris, J. B. C. & Zahawi, R. A. Avian habitat preference in tropical forest restoration in ...
It is important to have reliable information on various natural and anthropogenic factors responsible for influencing and shaping stream water quality parameters as long as water resource conservation and management planning are concerned from the local to global scale. Daunting environmental pressures at ...
My grandparents in Scotland would often give me a concerning look and ask me the same two questions when I would visit: 1. Where was I working? and 2. What work do I do? After seven years, I can once and for all answer their questions! Recently, RECOFTC published a series of polic...
Scottish Parliament and council elections in Scotland Senedd and local council elections in Wales EU citizens who registered to vote before 31st December 2020 and have full or pre – settled status are being informed their right to vote in local elections is secure. ...
At the local scale the problem is to apply these same criteria to information on sites which may be of local or regional importance, but which, in Great Britain, contribute to a network which is an important element in national nature conservation practice. The identification of the individual ...
Amphibian conservation status in Brazil: Spatial patterns, threats, and challenges Journal for Nature Conservation, Volume 79, 2024, Article 126611 P.R.Anunciação, …,C.E.Guidorizzi Searching for nature-based solutions: Molecular ecology of an endangered Himalayan medicinal herb shows roadmap fo...
This paper reports on interview-based research in northern Scotland with stakeholders around designated nature conservation sites, and records views on the roles of scientific and local knowledge. This demonstrates the way in which scientific knowledge acts to reduce opportunities for debate, and ways ...