Funding announced for Scottish nature projects; Leeds workspace scheme approved

08 11 2023 | 15:21Laura Edgar and Prithvi Pandya / The Planner

NatureScot has announced shared funding of £4 million from the Helping Nature fund for projects across Scotland.

The fund supports practical nature restoration projects with grants of £25,000 to £250,000. In this latest round of awards, 27 projects have been offered grants totalling £4.1 million.

Projects offered Helping Nature funding include:

  • Saving a feisty little five: The Royal Zoological Society Scotland is being awarded £201,907 to help restore five highly threatened invertebrates.
  • Tweed meadows: Merlindale Nature has been granted £140,416 to restore flower-rich meadow habitat across 19 sites, totalling 53 hectares, in the Scottish Borders.
  • River Earn restoration: This project will enhance natural flood management, reduce flow pressure and erosion and improve biodiversity on the River Earn.

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