SNH news

Former VisitScotland chair Dr Mike Cantlay will now chair Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) following his appointment by the Scottish government. Cantlay will oversee the public ... More

Much of CLAD’s coverage this week was unsurprisingly centred around the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale. The event is the biggest in the industry’s calendar, and ... More

James Bond is being credited with helping to significantly boost visitor numbers to one of Scotland’s mountain landscapes last year after it was featured in ... More

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Highland Council have launched a consultation to gather views plans for permanent guided walks to the summit of Cairn ... More

Visitors are to be given the chance to walk on the summit of Cairngorm Mountain - the UK's sixth highest peak - as part of ... More

A six-year survey being carried out by Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) to establish a complete record of the country's remaining native woodland has reached its ... More

A new coastal nature reserve and visitor experience is being planned for the Solway Firth, Scotland, under plans revealed by RSPB Scotland. The conservation group ... More

Part of an ancient Caledonian forest in Perthshire, Scotland, could be destroyed if plans for a £1.3bn resort development are given the green light, according ... More

Scottish National Heritage (SNH) has secured three new National Nature Reserves (NNR) within the Cairngorms National Park. The new Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Glenmore National ... More

Scotland’s first geopark was launched in Sutherland earlier this month. Located at Knockan Crag National Nature Reserve and stretching from Coigach in Wester Ross to ... More

Scotland could be home to the first Coastal and Marine National Park in Britain by 2008, under plans announced last week by Ross Finnie, the ... More