Decisions made by professionals may affect Scotland’s nature and landscapes. Our advice and guidance can help to steer any actions positively.

Discover the various funding streams that support natural heritage projects across Scotland. Options include our own funding.

Explore our information library, Scotland’s nature publications, current research projects, interesting blogs and fascinating podcasts.

Scotland’s great outdoors is yours to explore. Find ways to enjoy our incredible landscapes and wildlife and get closer to nature.

Scotland’s diverse habitats are alive with the colour, movement and sound of thousands of species. Learn about our conservation priorities.

Discover how Scotland’s distinctive biodiversity – from its abundant species to its rich and varied landscape – is important both nationally and internationally.

Be inspired by the magic and beauty of National Nature Reserves (NNRs). These reserves protect an amazing range of wildlife and landscapes and each one is waiting to be discovered by you.

Our climate is already changing. We must all take action to mitigate and help nature adapt to climate change impacts that are now unavoidable.

SNH is working with the Scottish Government to ensure that Scotland’s Nature will have the same protections it had before EU Exit.

Some of Scotland’s landscapes and habitats are world-class. Our peat bogs and oakwoods are among Europe’s best, and machair is found only here and in Ireland.

Our rocks, landforms and soils form the basis of Scotland’s superb scenery and the habitats in which so many species thrive.