{"id":376,"date":"2022-10-07T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rewild.scot\/?p=376"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:20:22","slug":"new-national-park-in-scotland-consultation-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rewild.scot\/gd\/rewilding-news\/new-national-park-in-scotland-consultation-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"New national park in Scotland\u2009-\u2009consultation announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Scottish Government\u2019s nature agency NatureScot today announced the public consultation for a new national park for Scotland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Micklewright, Convenor of the Scottish Rewilding Alliance and Chief Executive of Trees for Life, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis welcome public consultation on Scotland\u2019s new national park is a golden opportunity to place nature recovery and rewilding front and centre as priorities for our national parks \u2013 so these important places can lead the way in tackling the nature and climate crises, while creating all sorts of new nature-based economic opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow is not the time to be timid. Nature is declining around us, but we depend on nature for our food, health and wellbeing, and for everything we do. So our national parks need to be inspiring trailblazers that show how people and nature can flourish together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough the consultation, we will be urging the Scottish Government to update the quarter-of-a-century-old legislation covering Scotland\u2019s national parks, to ensure the parks are fit for purpose to tackle collapses in biodiversity and climate breakdown, while benefitting local communities and economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe consultation is the public\u2019s chance to ask the Government to prioritise nature, and to ensure the primary purpose of any new or existing national park is nature restoration for the benefit of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.scot\/scotlands-new-national-park-stakeholder-consultation-launched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NatureScot\u2019s announcement<\/a> on their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Government\u2019s 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