• Neonicotinoids banned

    THREE KEY neonicotinoid pesticides are to be banned across Europe for two years – despite the UK voting against the EU move.

  • £200,000 for bee keepers

    SCOTLAND'S BEE keepers have been pledged £200,000 by the Scottish government to help them restock hives annihilated by the bad weather.

  • Fortress Ireland against ash disease

    PLANS FOR an 'All-Ireland' effort against the tree disease 'ash dieback' have been issued for consultation.

  • Wildfire blame game

    ESTATE OWNERS and the upland game industry have rejected the suggestion that they are to blame for the recent spate of wildfires in the 'tinderbox conditions' of the Scottish Highlands.

  • Are you wildlife friendly?

    THE DEADLINE is looming for entries from farmers hoping to become the UK's top wildlife friendly farmer.

  • Cattle come to Nethercroy Hill

    HIGHLAND CATTLE are central to a Forestry Commission Scotland plan to protect and manage the environment at Nethercroy Hill.

  • Lyme disease's 10-fold increase

    A FRESH attempt is to be made to get to grips with Lyme disease in Scotland, following a staggering 1000% rise in cases.

  • Trossachs Forest gets £848,000

    ONE OF the most significant woodland projects to take place in a generation, the Great Trossachs Forest, has been awarded a grant of £848,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

  • Gamekeepers' rat 'trilemma'

    SCOTLAND'S gamekeepers are on the horns of a tricky 'trilemma' – how to achieve their three objectives of killing rats, protecting wildlife and staying out of court.

  • Egg thieves beware

    SCOTLAND'S WILD birds are now nesting and a national campaign to protect them and their eggs is underway.