Funding announced for Scottish nature projects; Leeds workspace scheme approved
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.