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The objectives of the Badenoch and Strathspey Conservation Group are to stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of Badenoch & Strathspey; to encourage active conservation of the area through wise use; to encourage high standards of planning and architecture in harmony with the environment.

Registered as a Scottish Charity SC003846.

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Cairngorms NP IUCN Category

IUCN Protected Area Management Categories classify protected areas according to their management objectives. The Cairngorms National Park was designated in 2003 the IUCN Protected Areas Category: 5 - Protected landscape (sustainable development area).

A call to pond watchers

Details: Written by Administrator; Category: Bogs; Published: 30 January 2011

In some parts of the UK the winter freeze has been followed by reports of dead amphibians. We do not know if there has been any problem for amphibians in Badenoch and Strathspey and we and the Highland Biological Recording Group would like to hear of any usual records of dead fish and amphibians discovered when the thaw starts. For an online form intended to improve understanding on the phenomenon see: www.pondconservation.org.uk/bigponddip/bigpondthawformonline

We know our toads suffer mortality on the road but have they and other amphibians been troubled by winter ice?

Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander in Strathspey 20 January 2011

Details: Written by Administrator; Category: Debates; Published: 22 January 2011

In April 2010 the lIberal Democrats pledged to put protecting the environment at the heart of government Nick Clegg said then the next government will be the last that is able to stop "dangerous" climate change.

Nick Clegg in Strathspey on 20 January 2011.

In his maiden speech on 19 May 2005 in Westminster Danny Alexander said "the current reality of climate change are all too apparent to my constituents, not least because they are highly visible through the fortunes of the Scottish ski industry".

Danny Alexander also used his maiden speech to say: "Clearly, the need to develop the tourist industry further must be accommodated in such a way that it does not at the same time undermine the natural features that attract the visitors in the first place. We must not kill the goose that lays the golden egg".

Danny Alexander in Boat of Garten Village Hall 20 January 2011.

Road Sense granted Protective Expense Order

Details: Written by Administrator; Category: Debates; Published: 21 January 2011

Roadsense who are challenging the legality of road building decisions in Aberdeen have been granted a Protective Expense Order of £40,000.

See BBC News: Road Sense wins Aberdeen bypass legal cost victory, the Court of Session opinion and the Road Sense Press release.

Strathspey considered last caper stronghold in Britain

Details: Written by Administrator; Category: Birds; Published: 19 January 2011

The capercaillie is on the UK red list of birds of high conservation concern, BTO Bird Facts:
http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob3350.htm

SNH have now rightly emphasised the importance of woodlands in Strathspey for the survival of this magnificent bird in Scotland, see The Scotsman article: http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Capercaillies-on-brink-of-extinction.6692483.jp

Media Coverage of Legal Challenge to CNPA

Details: Written by Administrator; Category: Debates; Published: 11 January 2011

Legal challenge lodged to Scots national park local plan
planningresource.co.uk, 13 January 2011 (free registration required)
The plan supports the building of 1,900 new homes in the Cairngorms National Park, including up to 1,500 in a new community at An Camas Mor near Aviemore, and was adopted in November. But the Scottish Campaign for National Parks (SCNP), the Cairngorms Campaign and Strathspey Conservation Group ...

Threat to 1,500 new homes scheme
Press and Journal, 12 January 2011
Environmentalists launch major legal challenge to controversial cairngorms proposals.

Park plan faces legal challenge (PDF link)
Strathspey and Badenoch Herald, 12 January 2011
A LEGAL challenge has been mounted in Scotland's highest civil court against the first Local Plan for a Scottish national park.

Legal challenge to Cairngorms housing plans
Walk Highlands, 12 January 2011
Plans for massive new housing inside the Cairngorms national park could be sunk by legal action being brought by three Scottish based environment groups in the Court of Session.

Legal challenge to Cairngorms national park local plan
glasgowwired, 11 January 2011
Environmentalists have launched a legal challenge to housing developments planned for sites in the Cairngorms National Park.

Legal challenge to Cairngorms national park local plan
BBC News, 11 January 2011
Environmentalists have launched a legal challenge to housing developments planned for sites in the Cairngorms National Park...

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The Cairngorms Need Your Help

In 2015 The Badenoch & Strathspey Conservation Group celebrated 40 years of speaking up for nature in the Cairngorms. Our efforts have helped ensure that this world class landscape still provides a refuge for Scotland’s rarest and most iconic wildlife, like Scottish wildcat, capercaillie, red squirrel and freshwater pearl mussel. Unfortunately both the outstanding scenery and wildlife that make the Cairngorms so special are increasingly threatened and are costly to defend. Please make a donation to our work today and help protect these treasured landscapes and their wildlife.

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