A nature network to bring people and wildlife together around the River Leven in Fife is one of 12 successful projects to receive funding from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund.
In the latest round of awards, NatureScot has granted more than £1.3 million to nature restoration projects across the country to help enhance biodiversity and tackle the impacts of climate change.
Since its launch in 2021, the Scottish Government’s £65 million Nature Restoration Fund has supported more than 240 projects through the competitive scheme run by NatureScot.
As part of The Leven Programme, Green Action Trust has been granted £420,000 to create a network of nature-rich sites for wildlife to live and thrive. This will restore and expand biodiversity around the River Leven, improve natural drainage to reduce flooding and give local people access to nature on their doorstep.
RSPB Scotland is also among the latest successful awardees. The charity will use a £158,000 grant to develop a project to help stop and reverse the population decline of Slavonian grebes in Scotland. Working closely with landowners and loch users, they will identify conservation measures to improve the rare waterbird’s breeding success in Scottish lochs through a future delivery project.
In addition, Aberdeen Nectar Networks will receive £56,000 to create, restore and connect habitats for pollinating insects across Aberdeen. Buglife Scotland will lead the project to create a series of nectar-rich ‘stepping-stones’ to allow bees, hoverflies and other wildlife to move across the city and into the wider landscape.
A grant has also been awarded to the Loch Lomond Rainforest project which aims to re-establish a resilient and well-connected temperate rainforest habitat within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Led by the National Park’s Future Nature Partnership, the £93,600 award will be used to carry out surveys to confirm the extent of rhododendron encroachment and grazing pressures and to devise a plan to tackle these major threats to the rainforest habitat.
Posted On: 03/04/2025
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