The Heather shieldbug Rhacognathus punctatus
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- Written by Gus Jones
- Category: Insects
- Published: 05 January 2012
The Heather shieldbug Rhacognathus punctatus on lowland heath woodland transition habitat with birch in Strathspey.
This is a local species that BSCG has since 2009 photographed on this threatened An Camas Mor site. In 1994 Stewart Taylor - whose contributions to conservation in the North of Scotland have been recognized by an MBE honour this year - recorded this bug in a clearing in Anagach wood. Currently Stewart Taylor's record is the only one for this bug available on the NESBReC website or on the National Biodiversity Network for the Cairngorms area.
AGM and Highland Wildcats Talk
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- Written by Tessa Jones
- Category: Meetings
- Published: 01 November 2011
Photo: © Laurie Campbell
Illustrated Talk and Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Carrbridge Village Hall (in the smaller room)
AGM 7.00-7.45pm
Talk: ‘Helping the Highland Tiger – the Cairngorms Wildcat Project’ by Dr David Hetherington, 8.00pm
The AGM is for members only, but after the AGM we have an illustrated talk on that is open to anyone on the Cairngorms Wildcat Project starting at 8.00pm. The talk will be given by Dr David Hetherington who has been leading the project since it started a few years ago. The wildcat project now only has a few months to run and David will be telling us about the work of the project as well as future prospects for wildcat conservation.
More details to follow.
First in the UK Supreme Court
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- Written by Gus Jones
- Category: Resources
- Published: 27 October 2011
Access to environmental justice is featured in the 2011 Autumn/ Winter issue of the Friends of the Earth supporters magazine 'What On Earth'
Friends of the Earth Scotland are understood to be the first Scottish NGO to intervene in a case at the UK Supreme Court. The organisation took the decision to intervene in a case involving pleural plaque sufferers. This case provided an opportunity to challenge the restrictive interpretation that courts in Scotland have sometimes placed on 'title and interest', which is the Scots Law test of standing: the right to have your case heard by the court. Despite supporting the involvement of the pleural plaque sufferers, the Scottish Government opposed Friends of the Earth Scotland's intervention.
Significantly the court ruling upheld the right of campaign groups to have cases heard in a Scottish court soley on public interest grounds.
Title and interest' has been an issue in a number of high-profile environmental cases in recent months such as when local resident, Molly Forbes, was deemed not to have 'title and interest' in her judicial review against Donald Trump and Aberdeenshire Council.
In championing access to environmental justice Friends of the Earth Scotland have called on the Scottish government to make it easier for breaches of environmental law and poor decisions to be challenged. Friends of the Earth Scotland is part of the largest grassroots environmental network in the world, uniting over 2 million supporters, 77 national member groups, and some 5,000 local activist groups - covering every continent. BSCG welcomes support from Friends of the Earth Scotland for our fight for environmental justice in the Cairngorms National Park.
Illustrated Talk: What Disturbs Capercaillie?
- Details
- Written by Gus Jones
- Category: Meetings
- Published: 17 September 2011
Cock capercaillie displaying in Strathspey
Illustrated Talk by Dr Robert Moss
Church Hall, Nethybridge, Wednesday 5th October 7.00pm
All welcome. Admission Free.
Please download, print and display event poster.
Groundhoppers of Badenoch & Strathspey Leaflet
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- Written by Tim Ransom
- Category: Leaflets
- Published: 16 September 2011
We have produced a new leaflet on Groundhoppers of Badenoch and Strathspey (v2 revised March 2013).