Rewilding News

High-profile campaign takes message to parliament in first event of its kind and follows public backing by Alan Cumming last week.

The Traitors, X-Men and Avengers star announces his support for Rewilding Nation campaign to his 750,000 followers on Instagram.

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance hopes to inspire local community groups to help Scotland become the world’s first ‘Rewilding Nation’, with the launch of a practical new guide.

We welcome the Scottish Government’s interim evaluation of the Nature Restoration Fund, which highlights important progress but shows that current funding is insufficient to meet Scotland’s nature recovery goals. We urge all political parties to commit to restoring and significantly increasing the Fund in the next parliamentary session to secure lasting benefits for nature, climate, and communities.

Our response to the reshuffle announcement by the Scottish Government.

A letter from the Scottish Government on the topic of beavers to Glen Affric.

By scrapping plans for a Galloway National Park, the Scottish Government has yet again proved it cannot successfully plot a path to a wilder Scotland.

Today’s Programme for Government was a test of the Scottish Government’s willingness to set us on the pathway to a Rewilding Nation. This Programme for Government, with its reduced peatland and woodland restoration targets, weak commitments to consult on real protections for marine areas and nature targets that appear as an afterthought, fails that test.

It could take seven decades before large-scale nature restoration is underway across 30% of Scotland’s land, new figures from the Scottish Rewilding Alliance show.

We welcome the Scottish Government's ambitions on nature recovery - but we need spending commitments to match. 

The Scottish Government’s new Natural Environment Bill is a welcome effort to set Scotland on the course to nature recovery through statutory targets. But 2030 -  a critical year for the government’s nature ambitions -  is now just five years away. We need clear, ambitious and updatable targets. We need legislation that prioritises ecological restoration.

An opinion poll conducted by Survation in January for the Lynx to Scotland Partnership shows that support for the return of lynx to Scotland has increased to 61%.

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance condemns the abandonment or illegal release of any animals into any part of Scotland. We call on all stakeholders, from government bodies to conservation groups, to collaborate in establishing clear, legal routes for reintroducing species.

Nathan Evans announces his support to his 2.2m followers on TikTok and Instagram

A pioneering pathway for Scotland to become the world’s first Rewilding Nation, with nature recovery across 30% of its land and seas, has been presented to the Scottish Government by the Scottish Rewilding Alliance.

This week brings the Scottish Budget. Public spending is the bedrock of ecological restoration. So what do we hope for?

We welcome the publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Delivery Plan 2024 - 30 - but rewilding remains the unseen root system supporting the government’s plans for nature.

Acclaimed Scottish actor Brian Cox CBE has backed calls for Scotland to be declared the first ‘Rewilding Nation’ in the world, with nature restored across 30% of its land and seas.

Acclaimed Scottish actor Brian Cox CBE has backed calls for Scotland to be declared the first ‘Rewilding Nation’ in the world, with nature restored across 30% of its land and seas. Read his letter to the Guardian in full.

A free resource pack for a rewilding lesson plan, for students 14+, is now available for download in English and Gaelic.

New Programme for Government a key moment to prevent Scotland being “left behind” on nature recovery, says Scottish Rewilding Alliance.

Argaty Red Kites welcomed Jim Fairlie MSP, the Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, at their Perthshire livestock farm.

Our media statement in response to reports that funding for local nature restoration will be redirected.

First rewilding job creation statistics for Scotland come as Rewilding Nation calls grow.

Three-quarters of Scots want Scotland’s public bodies to step up action on beaver reintroductions, shows research conducted for the Scottish Rewilding Alliance.

This opinion piece reflects on the mid-2024 Scottish Government reset, and how restoring biodiversity and delivering effective climate action must be front and centre on the Government’s to do list.

Our media statement in response to MSPs unanimously voting to support rural businesses in the Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill

A campaign for Scotland to become the first Rewilding Nation in the world, backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, has smashed an ambitious fundraising bid to raise £200,000 in just six days – 24 hours ahead of its original target.

https://bit.ly/BigGiveRewildingNationA UK-wide campaign calling for Scotland to become the first Rewilding Nation, backed last week by Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, is launching an ambitious fundraising drive to raise £200,000 in just one week.

First-ever figures reveal 2% of Scotland’s land now rewilding

Rewilding isn't about removing communities; it’s about restoring nature to their heart. This joint position statement by the SRA and Community Land Scotland calls for the land reform and rewilding movements to explore their "extensive common ground".

This opinion piece calls for the Scottish Government to remain resolute and ambitious on its nature and biodiversity targets.

The Scottish Government is seeking views on a range of topics and proposals related to biodiversity and tackling the nature emergency in Scotland. We’ve told them we want to see Scotland declared a Rewilding Nation, with 30% of land and seas committed to rewilding by 2030.

This opinion piece calls on our government and politicians to step up and ensure that Scotland’s commitments to nature and climate are delivered.

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance welcomes the publication of the consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity. 

In response to the Programme for Government announced by the Scottish Government today, Steve Micklewright, Convenor of the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, reaffirmed our call for Scotland to become the world's first Rewilding Nation.

In a milestone for rewilding, the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor has endorsed a definition of rewilding that can be used by the Scottish Government and wider public sector.

When we talk about what sort of Scotland we want to live in, we need to be having louder, clearer, more thoughtful conversations about the country’s land.

Scottish Rewilding Alliance calls on Government to fulfil wishes of Scottish people and implement recommendations to combat nature and climate emergencies.

The decision to designate a new national park is a golden opportunity to rethink our approach to restoring nature and supporting thriving communities

The Scottish Government’s nature agency NatureScot today announced the public consultation for a new national park for Scotland.

An alliance of nature charities in Scotland is ramping up its call on the Scottish Government and people to choose rewilding at a critical moment in the country’s political and environmental history with the launch of a new short film. 

Rewilding is going mainstream far quicker than we dreamt possible in 2019, when over 20 organisations across Scotland came together to form the Scottish Rewilding Alliance.

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance is calling on the Scottish Greens to make the trial reintroduction of lynx and the widespread relocation of beavers a core part of any agreement they reach with the Scottish National Party.