” Employment, the prosperity of rural areas and our high standards should not be jeopardised for the sake a headline-grabbing deal.” Martin Kennedy President NFU Scotland
What’s the beef with the Australian Free Trade Deal ?
Plant Focus: Primula Scotica
Primula Scotica, the Scottish Primrose, always astounds with its beauty. It is about 4cm in height and its flowers are 8mm in diameter.
Our Planet Our Future: An Urgent Call For Action
“The risks of pandemics are now greater due to destruction of natural habitats, highly networked societies, and misinformation.”
Wasps
It may be doubted by many but 33,000 species of stinging (aculeate) wasps are helping us humans.
Robert Leslie Delighted at SNP Pledge to Support Creation of Carbon Neutral Islands
“It is only by voting SNP on 6th May that we can truly protect our island communities, address the specific challenges they face and secure a strong recovery for all of Scotland.”
“Let’s defend our future, let’s fight for it, let’s create it” #NobelPrizeSummit
The Covid19 pandemic is a clear warning that we need to address climate change. It is also an opportunity to rebuild in a new direction.
Letters: “Lest we forget, we’re also continuing to experience the effects of climate change”
“The Scottish election on the immediate horizon on 6 May is different, for some very basic reasons”
Candidates Explain Their Ideas For The Highlands & Islands
In an election that has been pretty much uninspiring The Pebble Trust held one of the best Hustings I have watched so far.
Orkney Islands Council Set to Sign The Global Biodiversity Framework : The Edinburgh Declaration
The Edinburgh Declaration recognises the ‘need for transformative change across terrestrial and marine ecosystems’ and ‘the significant implications that the loss of biodiversity and climate change has on our livelihood and communities’.
‘ATIR’ 2MW Tidal Platform Reinstalled At EMEC’s Test Site
The successful reinstallation of Magallanes’ second generation 2 MW tidal platform ‘ATIR’ took place on 19 April 2021 at the EMEC tidal test site at the Fall of Warness, Orkney.
