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Climate change impact on butterflies revealed

31 October, 2019

Butterfly populations remain stable in Scotland but climate change is having a variable impact on different species.

Developers urged to help pollinators

23 October, 2019

Developers are being encouraged to do more to help butterflies, bees and other pollinators in our towns and cities.

Birds put on spectacular autumnal show at Scotland’s nature reserves

18 October, 2019

Photographers have captured stunning images of wild geese and waders flocking to Scotland.

£20,000 for youth nature projects

17 October, 2019

Funding of £20,000 has been announced for projects to engage young people with nature at an event to celebrate Scotland’s Youth Biodiversity Panel.

Over 700 responses to SNH General Licence consultation

10 October, 2019

The Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) consultation about wild birds ended yesterday, garnering over 700 responses.

Extra 20,000 trees for Highland nature reserve

07 October, 2019

An additional 20,000 trees will be planted in and around Beinn Eighe next year as part of work to expand native woodlands on some of Scotland’s finest National Nature Reserves (NNRs).

SNH media statement: IPCC's Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)

25 September, 2019

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) today issues a statement on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC).

The report is understood to be the first to specifically address the impacts of a warming world on Earth's oceans and cryosphere — the parts of the planet that are covered in ice, such as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice — to outline the risks that they face.