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Green Infrastructure project site by the Forth and Clyde canal in Glasgow. ©Lorne Gill/SNH. For information on reproduction rights contact the Scottish Natural Heritage Image Library on Tel. 01738 444177 or www.nature.scot

Green Infrastructure Project Updates

The Green Infrastructure Strategic Intervention aims to improve Scotland's urban environment by increasing and enhancing greenspace in our towns and cities, especially close to areas of multiple deprivation. This will make these areas more attractive for people to live and work in, and therefore attract jobs, businesses and further investment. Read highlights of the work our Grantees are undertaking through our series of project updates.

Image of rain gardens - Central Scotland Green Network Trust

It’s a big number. It’s a big ambition. But it promises to make a big, big impact. The 10,000 Raingardens

Green Infrastructure

Image of growers' polytunnel

Edinburgh’s Broomhouse Market Garden is an impressive community project by any standards. It offers volunteering, training and work experience opportunities

Green Infrastructure

Gleniffer Braes pond site

Froglife is a national nature conservation organisation with a mission to help reptile and amphibian species and their habitats. In

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Image of Newbattle building - Newbattle Abbey College

Newbattle Abbey enjoys a rich and colourful history stretching back over 900 years. Today education is to the fore, and

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Image of Garnock floods and the railway

Something very special is happening around the River Garnock. Garnock Connections is a suite of 25 projects that will restore

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Image of Growing Connections project site

The saying ‘Mighty oaks from little acorns grow’ could easily capture the growing ambitions of Urban Roots. It was back

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The Hidden Gardens. Image courtesy and copyright of The Hidden Gardens

The enticing name alone conjures up an air of something special. One of Glasgow’s Southside gems, The Hidden Gardens offer

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Image of Clydebank Community Rewilding Project - TCV

I doubt if many of us have encountered as ambitious a project as Community Rewilding. Restoring urban greenspaces in Greenock

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Wild Ways Well - Image of a deer - TCV

WWW. Three initials which together enjoy near universal understanding. Yet the World Wide Web isn’t the only thing laying claim

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Melfort Park site

Clydebank is home to a community that knows all about overcoming challenges. A cornerstone of the Scottish shipbuilding industry, it

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News

Photographer capturing a seascape

Scotland’s nature agency is calling on you to share your favourite photos of Scotland’s rivers, coasts, seas, lochs and canals

Aerial view of the River Tay reedbeds

SNH is consulting on draft guidance for landscape sensitivity assessments.

Comments by 8th September 2020

Bog bean growing in a peatland lochan

To apply to UNESCO for World Heritage Site status on The Flow Country of Caithness & Sutherland

European Beaver (Castor fiber) swimming. ©Lorne Gill/SNH. For information on reproduction rights contact the Scottish Natural Heritage Image Library on Tel. 01738 444177 or www.nature.scot

We take a closer look at the ongoing work with partners to reduce levels of beaver control measures in future.

Blog - 4 August

People exercising beside the Forth and Clyde canal, Glasgow. ©Lorne Gill/SNH. For information on reproduction rights contact the Scottish Natural Heritage Image Library on Tel. 01738 444177 or www.nature.scot

Survey reveals lockdown in Scotland saw an increase in people visiting the outdoors to enjoy nature and stay healthy.

Litter at nature reserve

Read our recent blog update by Catriona Reid, Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve (NNR) Manager.

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