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Our work
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Climate change
- Net Zero statement
- Our changing climate
- Climate change impacts in Scotland
- Nature-based solutions
- Helping nature to adapt
- What can you do
- Climate Change and Nature
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Enjoying the outdoors
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Visit our nature reserves
- Claish Moss Nature Reserve
- Achanarras Quarry Nature Reserve
- Keen of Hamar Nature Reserve
- Abernethy NNR
- Kirkconnell Flow Nature Reserve
- Ariundle Oakwood NNR
- Cragbank Wood Nature Reserve
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Beinn Eighe and Loch Maree Islands NNR
- Beinn Eighe and Loch Maree Islands NNR - Visiting the reserve
- Beinn Eighe and Loch Maree Islands NNR - Getting involved
- Beinn Eighe and Loch Maree Islands NNR - About the reserve
- Loch Maree Islands - Access to the Islands
- Beinn Eighe NNR - 70th Anniversary Story Map
- Beinn Eighe NNR - 70th Anniversary - Woodland change virtual tour
- Ben Wyvis NNR
- Blawhorn Moss NNR
- Caerlaverock NNR
- Cairnsmore of Fleet NNR
- Clyde Valley Woodlands NNR
- Corrie Fee NNR
- Craigellachie NNR
- Creag Meagaidh NNR
- Flanders Moss NNR
- Forvie NNR
- Glasdrum Wood NNR
- Glen Roy NNR
- Hermaness NNR
- Tentsmuir NNR
- Taynish NNR
- St Cyrus NNR
- Rum NNR
- Noss NNR
- Muir of Dinnet NNR
- Moine Mhor NNR
- Loch Lomond NNR
- Loch Leven NNR
- Loch Fleet NNR
- Knockan Crag NNR
- Isle of May NNR
- Invereshie and Inshriach NNR
- Your access rights
- Communities and landscape
- What to see in your area
- Get active outdoors
- Routes to explore
- Under the sea
- Find a country park
- Discover your Local Nature Reserve
- Explore a regional park
- Discover our National Parks
- Explore Scotland
- Visit a geopark
- Events
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Visit our nature reserves
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Funding and Projects
- FIRNS - The Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland
- IRNS
- Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund
- Working with Rivers Fund
- Nature Restoration Fund
- NatureScot and the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020/21
- Better Places Fund
- Future Routes Fund
- Community-led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Project
- Green Infrastructure Strategic Intervention
- Natural and Cultural Heritage Fund (NCHF)
- Biodiversity Challenge Fund (BCF)
- Gaelic
- Information hub
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Landforms and geology
- Scotland's rocks, landforms and soils
- Importance of geodiversity
- Pressures on geodiversity
- Protecting our geodiversity
- Landscapes and habitats
- Plants, animals and fungi
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Professional advice
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Planning and development
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Planning and development advice
- Planning and development: standing advice and guidance documents
- Landscapes
- Habitats
- Marine aquaculture
- Good practice construction
- Protected species
- Enhancing biodiversity
- Coastal change
- Geodiversity
- Renewable energy
- Protected areas
- Soils
- Marine planning
- Planning for Great Places Newsletter
- Planning and development contacts
- Environmental assessment
- Our planning role and consulting us
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Planning and development advice
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Land and sea management
- Guidance and Advice for Land Managers
- Managing access and recreation
- Carbon management
- Managing coasts and seas
- Managing freshwater
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Managing the land
- Nature Restoration at the Landscape Scale
- Scottish Rural Development Programme
- Agriculture and Land use policy development
- Farming and crofting
- Forests and woodlands
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Habitat networks
- Central Scotland Green Network (CSGN) - 2021 Habitat Connectivity Map
- Concerns about habitat networks
- Dispersal ability
- Habitat fragmentation
- Habitat network parts and connections
- Habitat networks and climate change
- Habitat networks in policy and practice
- Modelling a network
- Modelling case studies
- Types of network
- Habitat Connectivity Index
- Rocks and landforms
- Soil management
- Upland and moorland
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Managing wildlife
- Avian influenza (bird flu)
- Hebridean Mink Project
- Managing deer
- Managing geese
- Managing Feral pigs in Scotland
- Orkney Native Wildlife Project
- Sea Eagle Management Scheme
- Uist Wader Research
- Shared Approach to Wildlife Management
- Wildlife management contacts
- Wildlife welfare
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Protected areas and species
- 30 by 30 and Nature Networks
- Protected areas
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Protected species
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Protected species A-Z guide
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Badgers
- Bats
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Beaver
- Scotland's Beaver Strategy 2022-2045
- Understanding the Ecosystem Engineer
- 10th International Beaver Symposium
- Scottish Beaver Advisory Group
- Tayside Beaver Study Group
- Beaver Salmonid Working Group
- Scottish Beaver Trial
- Beaver Mitigation Scheme
- Management Framework for Beavers in Scotland
- Beavers in Scotland and other reports
- Birds
- Deer
- Dolphins, whales and porpoises
- Fish
- Hares
- Invertebrates
- Otters
- Pine martens
- Plants and fungi
- Red squirrels
- Seals
- Shrews
- Water voles
- Wildcats
- Wildlife crime
- Your responsibilities
- Reintroducing native species
- Scottish Invasive Species Initiative
- Invasive non-native species
- LIFE Nature and Biodiversity projects
- Legal framework
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Protected species A-Z guide
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Licensing
- Online licensing system
- Species licensing legislation
- European protected species licensing
- Species licensing A–Z guide
- Muirburn licensing
- Non-native species licensing
- Species protection plan
- Licensing process
- Licence forms and guidance
- Licensing news
- Trap registration
- Licensing Data
- Priority marine features in Scotland's seas
- Safeguards beyond protected areas
- Placemaking and Green Infrastructure
- Contributing to a healthier Scotland
- Social and economic benefits of nature
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Young People - Learning Outdoors and Developing Skills
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Learning in local greenspace
- Greenspace Map for Outdoor Learning
- Beyond your boundary - easy steps to learning in local greenspace
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Case studies
- Learning and Play at Neilsland and Earnock Local Nature Reserve
- Dundee - draft page
- Learning in Local Greenspace with Easter Carmuirs Primary School - a case study
- Linnvale Primary School - a case study
- Patna Primary School - a case study
- St Benedict’s Primary School - a case study
- Beckford Primary School and the Rowan Cottage Nurture Group
- St Crispin's School - a case study
- St Paul’s Primary School
- Kirkshaws Primary School - a case study
- Learning in Local Greenspace films
- The Learning in Local Greenspace project
- Nature Discovery Map Scotland
- Teaching in Nature
- Outdoor learning at NNRs
- Topics of interest to secondary students
- Schools Camera Trapping Project
- Activities for your class
- Grants for outdoor learning visits
- NatureScot and Youth Engagement
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Learning in local greenspace
- Landscape
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Planning and development
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Scotland's Biodiversity
- Scotland's Biodiversity - What is biodiversity?
- Benefits of Biodiversity
- Biodiversity - what can you do?
- Key pressures on biodiversity
- Scottish Biodiversity Strategy and COP15
- Species on the Edge (SotE)
- Make Space For Nature
- Helping Scotland's Pollinators
- Where to find data