Community Rewilding Guide
This page is part of the Community Rewilding Guide, a resource for local groups working to restore nature. Back to guide contents page.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s 10 principles to guide rewilding initiatives. The benefits and risks of rewilding - resource | IUCN
Northwoods Nine offers nine principles for rewilding in Scotland
Rewilding Britain have a Rewilding Journeys toolkit, tips on restoring natural processes and 12 steps to rewilding
SCOTLAND: The Big Picture run training courses on specific rewilding themes
TCV Scotland offers environmental activities, information and resources across Scotland through their Community Network
IAP2 Spectrum of Participation was designed to assist with the selection of the level of participation that defines the public’s role in any public participation process
National Standards for Community Engagement: The Scottish Community Development Centre’s good-practice principles designed to improve and guide the process of community engagement. They are written from the perspective of a public body wanting to work better with communities
Community Engagement in Decisions Relating to Land: the Scottish Land Commission’s guidelines for landowners
Community engagement: good practice for restoring Scotland’s rainforest: the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforests guidance on community engagement
Involving Your Community - DTAS is a guide for community organisations planning to undertake
a community asset project
Green expectations is a guide to involving communities in landscape change
The Scottish Land Commission's guidance on delivering community benefits from land sets out six key points about community benefits and provides some examples of current practice
Their guidance on community wealth building sets out practical actions that public bodies can take to use and manage land productively and in the public interest
Transparency of Ownership and Land Use Decision-Making: Good practice guidelines from the Scotland Land Commission
Land Ownership Map | Who Owns Scotland: the best source of information on land ownership in Scotland. Privately researched so accessed with a small subscription fee
Register of Vacant and Derelict Land is a register of vacant and derelict sites
Community Land Scotland describe the benefits of community ownership and the steps involved in a community buyout
You can also read about case studies from Scotland and elsewhere on the Scottish Land Commission website
Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) is funded by the Scottish Government and provides advice and support to communities throughout the process of taking ownership of land and buildings
Highlands and Islands Enterprise: Ten Steps to Community Ownership
Scottish Government’s summary guide to asset transfer
Forestry and Land Scotland community asset transfer scheme
Dumfries and Galloway Council community asset transfers – although specific to Dumfries and Galloway, all councils are required to support community asset transfer and should have similar websites and staff to help with the process
Nature Connected Communities Handbook invites communities to notice, engage, and relate with the more-than-human world, for closer community-nature relationships.
The Changing Treescapes Project have a guide to Making Socio Ecological Art and Science Collaboration Work
NatureScot have a Talking About Our Place Toolkit
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network are creating and sharing 1000 stories of Scottish community climate action
The Cateran Ecomuseum River Detectives investigated how the people of Strathmore managed their rivers, bogs and lochans in the past and how this knowledge might help local communities take better care of them now and in the future
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland offer free advice on environmental and related planning law
Planning Aid Scotland resources include SP=EED – Planning Advisory Service: A Practical Guide to Better Engagement in Planning and Placemaking
Local Place Plans | Our Place
Community Action Plans | DTAS Community Ownership Support Service
Lifescape Project including legal guidance notes for Scotland here on developing and managing rewilding projects
APRS resources on development planning
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) provides everything you need on Setting up your organisation, Running your organisation (including finances and employment), and Governance.
Development Trusts Association Scotland has a website full of news, examples and advice for its network of development trusts across Scotland
CWA Information Notes — Community Woodlands Association includes information notes on forming a community group, governance and insurance
The effective community group is a helpful guide to constitutions and other essentials, produced by Laurencekirk Business Club Council for Voluntary Service Aberdeenshire Central/South Aberdeenshire Council Community Learning and Development Service
The Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector is a statement of best practice, setting out the core principles and key elements of good governance, created by the voluntary sector for the voluntary sector in Scotland
Verture (formerly Sniffer) have a Community Climate Adaptation Routemap to help communities or people driving local climate action, including nature restoration
Volunteer Scotland offer resources for involving and managing volunteers
SCVO have advice for managing volunteers
Forest Research produced top tips for managing woodland volunteers
National Lottery Awards for All Scotland offers funding for community-led projects, from £300 to £20,000.
Scottish Land Fund supports urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets
Foundation Scotland works with funders, donors and philanthropists who want to support communities, and with communities to maximise funding opportunities from place-based funds
Individual local authorities have particular funding schemes
Highlands and Islands Enterprise works with businesses, communities and social enterprises across the Highlands and Islands, while South of Scotland Enterprise does the same in the South of Scotland
Northwoods Rewilding Network is a Scotland-wide chain of landholdings committed to nature recovery
The Community Woodlands Association is a membership organisation for community woodlands in Scotland
The Coastal Communities Network (CCN) is a coalition of community-based groups & organisations committed to the preservation and safeguarding of Scotland’s coastal and marine environments
Community Land Scotland represents Scotland’s community land owners
Find out more about emerging Nature Networks
The Rewilding Monitoring Framework is being developed by Rewilding Britain
Community-led marine biodiversity monitoring handbook by NatureScot covers marine biodiversity surveys and monitoring of Scotland’s coasts and inshore waters
Briefing paper: Scottish land reform | Rewilding Britain: a brief overview of what 21 communities are contributing towards nature restoration
A Community for Naturalists - find out more about iNaturalist
Woodland Herbivore Impact Assessment Method User Guide – an example of participatory monitoring approach for habitat condition
Seasearch offers a way to learn about marine life while protecting and restoring the sea
Association of Local Environmental Records Centres - ALERC is a membership organisation representing LERCs, not-for-profit organisations that collect, collate and manage information on the natural environment for a defined geographic area
Scotland’s Inclusive Communication Hub contains a section on organising inclusive and accessible events
Communities Channel Scotland signposts accessibility resources for your community group
Disability Equality Scotland have a guide to making online events accessible
Inclusion Scotland have a guide to making social media accessible
SURF is Scotland’s regeneration forum, working to improve the lives of residents in disadvantaged communities
The Ethnic Minority Environmental Network (EMEN) creates connections between ethnic minority groups and individuals, and mainstream organisations addressing climate change and climate justice in Scotland
Pride Outside offer training and wellbeing events aimed at helping organisations be more LGBTQ+ inclusive
ScotLINK have resources available on being inclusive and being an ally
Volunteer Scotland have top tips for being inclusive when offering volunteering opportunities
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We are grateful to SCOTLAND: The Big Picture for the images on this website.