17 Sep 2026
The scale of the proposed public service reform in the Programme for Government has significant implications for the environment sector, which Scottish Environment LINK members are still considering. The Scottish Government has proposed merging NatureScot, SEPA, Zero Waste Scotland, and potentially Scottish Forestry into a single environmental agency. There is also a separate proposal, which appears less developed, to consolidate all public bodies involved in the management of public land.
10 Apr 2025
Scottish Environment LINK’s Deer Group welcomes the historic move by NatureScot to enforce a compulsory control scheme at Loch Choire Estate in Sutherland. Deer densities on the estate have been identified as being at an unsustainable level, risking damage to important habitats, including four Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). NatureScot has intervened on this […]
19 Dec 2023
Commenting on the Scottish budget, Deborah Long, Chief Officer of Scottish Environment LINK, said: “The Scottish Government has been clear that we face climate and nature emergencies. Ministers have set out an ambitious and wide-ranging series of actions to protect our environment, all of which require resourcing. “We were highly concerned that funding for NatureScot […]
07 Dec 2023
By Professor James Curran, LINK Honorary Fellow This piece was originally published in The Scotsman. Scotland trades on its environment with images of misty mountains, soaring eagles, heather moors, wooded glens, and clear waters turned into golden whisky. The Scottish Government even says that it “aspire(s) to be the greenest country in the world”. But […]
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