Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest
Member of the Board of LLTNPA
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Mairi Gougeon MSP, today announced the appointment of Susan Davies, Alan Hendry, Amanda McGuigan, Sarah Robinson and Dr Hannah Rudman as Members of the Board of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority. Dr Hannah Rudman will be appointed for three years from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029.
Scotland’s Rainforest restoration discussed at 2 English Conferences
Dr Hannah Rudman presented the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest’s (ASR) work at the British Ecological Society’s annual conference in Liverpool during December, and in Cardiff during November at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Autumn conference. Together with ecologist Julia McCarthy at CIEEM, Hannah presented how the ASR creates successful projects that align…
Taking Scotland’s Rainforest to Davos’ World Biodiversity Forum
As biodiversity hotspots, Scotland’s rainforests are internationally important. The sheer quantity, diversity and rarity of the lichens, mosses and liverworts they are home to is stunning and a joy to experience for experts and non-experts alike. But, like much of the world’s most precious ecosystems, they need our help. Scotland’s rainforest lies in a zone…
Decision-grade data on nature
Nature tech is emergent, but with it, improvements and impairments to nature can be measured with an integrity that can be trusted. Local communities of people, many of them resource-constrained, can steward nature together with inexpensive nature tech. With it, they have the capability to (digitally) measure, report and verify (dMRV) how they are preserving,…