Rewilding News

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.