Scottish Wild Land Group

Full name of organisation: Scottish Wild Land Group

Short version of name: SWLG

Contact person: Alistair Cant

Address: 8 Hartington Place Edinburgh EH10 4LE

Telephone: 0131 229 2094 (eves)

Fax: nil

Email: enquiries@swlg.org.uk

Website: http://www.swlg.org.uk

Aims:

• To protect wild land in Scotland from intrusive development
• To work with local people and communities to help plan sensitive and appropriate developments
• To campaign for policies to protect wild land, its flora and fauna
• To influence people in Scotland to protect wild land.

Current work priorities:

• securing recognition of 'wild land' as a priceless asset worth protecting
• promoting rewilding
• encouraging native woodland restoration without intrusive fencing
• steering renewable energy to acceptable locations
• minimising the need for major power upgrades
• monitoring pressures for bulldozed tracks, masts etc.
• keeping tabs on the National Parks, SNH, Executive, and key councils as planning and other policies emerge

Charity number : SC004014

Paid staff in Scotland : nil

Volunteers: 6

Date Established: 1982

Members : 460

Local groups: 1

Land owned or managed in Scotland: nil

Membership of other umbrella groups: nil

Publications: Wild Land News (3 times a year)