Category: Environment

Scottish Natural Heritage is starting to prepare its next Corporate Plan, to cover the period 2015 to 2018. This will be approved by the Minister to take effect from April 2015

Natural England’s Dr William Bird says the medical world needs to shift to a model of prevention, not just treatment

The James Hutton Institute has published a report about the contribution of green and open space to public health and wellbeing. The report which has been produced with partners University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Heriot Watt University, and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, presents the findings of the GREENHEALTH project

The John Muir Award Education Report – Scotland for the Academic Year 2013 – 2014 is now available

It improves your memory, helps you recuperate and even makes your sense of smell more acute. So turn off your computer and get outside

To celebrate 70 years of inspiring young people and the general public the Field Studies Council brought together some of the UK’s foremost education and environmental organisations to forecast the future for the outdoor learning sector.

Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impact on people’s mental well-being, a study has suggested

Heritage Lottery Fund announces money as part of Landscape Partnership programme, with more than £160m invested so far

Children in Scotland have a significantly higher score of connection to nature than the average for the rest of the UK, according to the results of a three-year research project undertaken by the RSPB and the University of Essex.

More than a quarter (27%) of eight to 12-year-olds in Scotland meet the RSPB’s target level of connection with nature, compared with a UK average of 21%.