We need a faster, fairer, more predictable and more supportive process for future translocations and reintroduction projects. Nature can bounce back, given a helping hand.

Is this a nature emergency or not?

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The irrepressible Tom Bowser has set out in the National how NatureScot put the brakes on moving beavers from Tayside to Affric.

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www.thenational.scot/comment/2558...

These delays were more than just being cautious about consequences - institutional and political obstacles were put in place.

Scotland’s public bodies need to be firmly on the side of nature now.

As climate breakdown accelerates and our ecosystems crack under the pressure, we need all our institutions to act - fairly, but swiftly - in the name of nature.

Community participation - from consultation to meaningful decision making - is integral to rewilding interventions, including species translocations and reintroductions.

But consultation is about understanding impacts and exploring concerns - not giving a veto to those who don’t like change.

3 years to move one family of beavers from farmland in Tayside to Glen Affric - despite a national strategy to grow beaver populations signed by stakeholders across sectors, strong science, and solid community support.

3 years of consultations, community engagement and challenges.

Now there needs to be more support to enable all landowners - large or small; individuals, community groups or organisations - to restore biodiversity.

You can help by writing to your MSP and asking them to rewild their manifesto.

✍️ Get started here: pulse.pulse.ly/yns89amgrr

We love this video as a quick explainer of the role of beavers in wildfire prevention.

That's exactly why we're calling for of them!
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Genuinely still remember getting off the train in Edinburgh for the very first time and just going...

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Support for lynx reintroduction in Scotland is up 9 percentage points since 2020. In rural areas, many, many more people support lynx reintroduction than oppose it.

www.rewild.scot/scottish-peo...