How communities can help the local environment

Communities can get involved in:

• the development planning process and commenting on development proposals in the local area
• use our Talking About Our Place toolkit – to discuss as a community why a place is important and what you’d like to see happen to it in the future
• local projects such as improvements to parks, greenspace, local paths or Local Nature Reserves
• working with National Nature Reserves
• volunteering for local environmental projects or with conservation organisations
• local health walk groups
• wildlife surveys and other ‘citizen science' projects
• looking after a local environmental asset through a management agreement or by making a participation request
• taking ownership of a local environmental asset by using Community Right to Buy powers or through an asset transfer request

Communities taking the initiative

Exciting, innovative examples of communities taking the initiative – with some help and support from NatureScot.

• The Carse of Stirling project
• People and Nature – Learning through Doing
• Climate change conversations
• Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere
• Placemaking storymap