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Our Backyard ‘Galapagos’ Lochs - parkswatchscotland There can be few among us, who, when they hear the name ‘Galapagos’ do not have mental images conjured up, of all the wonderful TV documentaries over several decades, perhaps even going right back, as...

Scotland's 'Galapagos' lochs | Ron Greer for Parkswatch Scotland:
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Did Scotland see them here first?🤔
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Far Ralia - are Abrdn Property Income Trust now paying for their mistakes? - parkswatchscotland The Abrdn Property Income Trust (APIT)  is now marketing Far Ralia for offers over £6.9m (see here), which is less than the recent £8m valuation, less than the £7.5m they bought it for five years ago ...

Far Ralia: Is ABRDN Property Income Trust now paying for its mistakes? | Nick Kempe in 'Parkswatch Scotland.
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Reintroduction of beavers to Glen Affric is a victory for nature and democracy On Friday, October 24, a moment of wildlife history was made. After a 400-year absence, beavers were reintroduced to Glen Affric in the Scottish…

Reintroduction of beavers to Glen Affric is a victory for nature and democracy | Tom Bowser in 'The National'.
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Scottish Government urged to impose legal restrictions on water-hungry data centres THE Scottish Government is being urged to issue strict standards for energy efficiency and water use at data centres across the country

Action to Protect Rural Scotland (APRS) is calling for all proposals for power and water hungry AI data centres to be subject to environmental impact assessment.
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AI data centre plans equivalent to building five new Edinburgh-sized cities TWO new artificial intelligence data centres proposed for Edinburgh would demand the equivalent amount of energy as building five cities the same…

AI data centre plans equivalent to five new Edinburgh size cities | Hamish Morrison in 'The National'.
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Abrdn's sale of Far Ralia is in trouble but will Oxygen Conservation hoover it up? - parkswatchscotland My thanks to the reader who, commenting on an old post, alerted me to Abrdn Property Income Trust (APIT)’s interim report and results for the half year to 30th June 2025,  published on 30th September ...

ABRDN's sale of Far Ralia is in trouble, but will Oxygen Conservation hoover it up at a knock-down price? | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland.
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Petition launched to demand EIAs on Data Centres - Action to Protect Rural Scotland Today APRS, Scotland's Countryside Charity, launched a petition calling on the Scottish Government to make Environmental Impact Assessments compulsory for data centres and to issue strict standards fo...

Action to Protect Rural Scotland (APRS) launches a petition calling on the Scottish Government to require Environmental Impact Assessments for Data Centres.
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Culblean Hill, playing with fire in the Cairngorms National Park and the politics of muirburn - parkswatchscotland On Thursday 9th October, the same day Jim Fairlie the Scottish Government minister responsible announced a further 9 month delay in the “watered down” – excuse the phrase –  muirburn licensing scheme,...

Culblean Hill, playing with fire in the Cairngorms National Park and the politics of muirburn | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland.
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Scottish Ministers, their officials and public agencies have completely lost their way on land and environment issues. What we are witnessing is the comprehensive capture of public policy by vested interests.
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Why the ban on camp fires in the Cairngorms National Park maybe political rather than sustainable..... - parkswatchscotland NIMBYism’ and ‘Park politics’ rather than fire risk is probably behind the move to ban camp fires (see here).  My bet is that the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNP) has caved in to pressure from...

The ban on camp fires in the Cairngorms National Park does not appear to be evidence based | Professor Douglas MacMillan for Parkswatch Scotland:
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Oxygen Conservation and the state of Kinrara - more on BrewDog's "high standard" legacy - parkswatchscotland Following my post on Oxygen Conservation’s purchase of Kinrara yesterday (see here) a reader sent me a few photos taken on Friday which provides up to date evidence about the state of Kinrara and conf...

Oxygen Conservation and the state of Kinrara - more on BrewDog's legacy | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
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Who lights the fires in the Cairngorms National Park? - parkswatchscotland [The post first appeared on Prof Douglas MacMillan’s Linked-In feed – ed] Last week Scottish Ministers approved a ban on recreational fires and barbecues in the Cairngorms National Park between 1 Apri...

Who lights the fires in the Cairngorms National Park? | Professor Douglas MacMillan for Parkswatch Scotland:
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a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " everything is fine " below him ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " everything is fine " below him

Everything is fine at the Scottish Government as Cairngorm fire byelaws perpetuate one law for landowners and quite another for the rest of us | Nick Kempe at Parkswatch Scotland:
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The Coire na Ciste Montane Woodland Project - What went wrong, and what lessons might be learnt for the future? - parkswatchscotland [Author note. Andy was previously an Ecologist, now retired, working for an NGO in the Cairngorms. He is currently the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) vice-county recorder for East Inv...

The Coire Ciste Montane Woodland Project - What went wrong, and what lessons might be learnt for the future? | Andy Amphlett for Parkswatch Scotland:
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Scottish Government funding of tree nurseries - all that's wrong with its approach to forestry in Scotland - parkswatchscotland Eighteen months ago I wrote a critical post  (see here) about how Scottish Forestry is not only funding companies like BrewDog (see here) and Abrdn (see here) to plant trees, they have also been subsi...

The failure of Christies (Fochabers) Ltd., a gross waste of public money, and a Scottish Government that does not have a clue what it is doing in respect of forestry | Nick Kempe for 'Parkswatch Scotland:
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PRESS RELEASE – Scotland should ‘punch above its weight’ by joining Ireland in shift to nature forestry, says independent thinktank – Forest Policy Group

'Scotland should punch above its weight by joining Ireland in a shift to nature forestry' says the Forest Policy Group:
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A serene Duddingston Loch in the autumn sunshine.

The land above the shoreline was bare when I was a boy. All of these trees have grown up since.
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Scotland's free trade in land & its consequences - Coille Coire Chuilc and Auchreoch - parkswatchscotland A few weeks ago a reader alerted me that there were new unlawful access signs on the Auchreoch Estate, which changed ownership in January 2025, and that they had seen sheep grazing in the Coille Coire...

Coille Coire Chuilc, misleading signs at Auchreoch, and Alasdair John Campbell | Nick Kempe on the free trade in Scotland's land and its consequences, in 'Parkswatch Scotland':
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The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority - how democracy has been destroyed - parkswatchscotland On Monday morning I watched  the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority (LLTNPA) Board Meeting online (see here for agenda and papers).  It should be essential viewing for anyone who cares ...

Nick Kempe casts a critical eye over the conduct of business by the Board of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park |Parkswatch Scotland:
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Lessons from the Italian Alps (3) - the management of livestock grazing - parkswatchscotland Traditional systems of transhumance, where people move their livestock up hill in summer and then back down in winter, are still fairly widely practised in the Italian Alps, in contrast to Scotland wh...

Lessons from the Italian Alps: The management of livestock grazing | Nick Kempe fpr Parkswatch Scotland:
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I visited the Borders Forest Trust's native woodland restoration project on the Games Hope Burn yesterday.
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Lessons from the Italian Alps (1) - home from home - parkswatchscotland I have not blogged for almost a month because I have been away in Italy walking the northern half of the Grande Traversata delle Alpi, the Italian equivalent of the GR5 in France – which I wrote about...

Lessons from the Italian Alps | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
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Hawthorn laden with berries on the cyclepath at Drylaw, in Edinburgh.
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A veteran alder with see-through trunk on the Gore Water, Midlothian.
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The Spey Catchment Initiative, Pitmain and the failure of conservation in the Cairngorms National Park - parkswatchscotland On 22nd July the Strathy reported (see here) the Spey Catchment Initiative (SCI) is planning to consult the local community before using “ecological engineering” techniques to restore the eroded banks...

Spey Catchment Initiative, Pitmain and the failure of conservation in the Cairngorms National Park | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
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A quote from The Lost Elms Between the disappearance of the river and its re-emegence is like a desert river valley, clearly carved by water, with rounded stones in the bottom and ...

Mandy Haggith on a rainforest elm in Assynt, in her 'The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees - and the Fight to Save Them', Wildfire (2025):
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Abrdn's legacy at Far Ralia as paid for by Scottish Forestry - another environmental liability in the Cairngorms National Park - parkswatchscotland In December abrdn told the Scotsman that they had made mistakes with their carbon offsetting tree planting scheme at Far Ralia, the land they had bought for £6.5m in 2021 and are now trying to sell. W...

Abrdn's legacy at Far Raila as paid for by Scottish Forestry - another liability in the Cairngorms National Park | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
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Still working hard on National Parks - Action to Protect Rural Scotland Since the cancellation of the process to designate a new National Park in Galloway we have been busy taking the opportunity of the Natural Environment Bill to improve on the process of designation, as...

Scrutiny of the Natural Environment Bill offers the opportunity to improve the process for creating new National Parks says Action to Protect Rural Scotland:
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North Lanarkshire development in Green Belt Refused - Action to Protect Rural Scotland North Lanarkshire Council today voted to refuse an application for nearly 1000 houses, business premises and associated infrastructure in the Greenbelt between Calderbank and Coatbridge. This follows ...

Development in North Lanarkshire Green Belt refused as contrary to the National Planning Framework | report by Action to Protect Rural Scotland:
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