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?
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- 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).
Illustrated Talk: A history of recording local tooth fungi
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- Written by Gus Jones
- Category: Meetings
- Published: 17 September 2011
Tooth fungus at Boat of Garten.
Illustrated talk by Stewart Taylor
Church Hall, Nethybridge
28th September 7.30PM
All welcome. Admission Free
Please download, print and display event poster.
Illustrated Talk: Mink and Other Invasive Species in the Cairngorms
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- Written by Tessa Jones
- Category: Meetings
- Published: 22 June 2011
Illustrated Talk by Cat Robinson, Scottish Mink Initiative & Andy Holtby, Highland Council, non-native plants and current action in the Spey.
Wednesday 29th June 2011 at the Active Cafaidh, Grampian Road, Aviemore. PH22 1PT, 6.30pm for 7.00pm
Wholesome food and refreshments will be available.
BSCG’s next meeting will be an illustrated talk about invasive species in the Cairngorms with Cat Robinson who is working on mink in the Cairngorms area and Andy Holtby of Highland Council who will talk about non-native plants and current action in the Spey.
We are particularly grateful to the Active Cafaidh who have made their premises available free of charge. We are starting the meeting early to take advantage of the refreshments the café has to offer.
The Scottish Mink Initiative which is a community based initiative covering the whole of north east Scotland and the western Highlands. Cat Robinson covers the Cairngorms and Moray area.
The Scottish Mink Initiative is working to eradicate breeding mink from north east Scotland to protect nationally important populations of declining wildlife including the water vole and ground nesting birds such as lapwing and curlew. They are recruiting local volunteers to monitor mink rafts which involves taking ownership of a raft and visiting it once a fortnight to check for mink footprints. It is a great opportunity to see what wildlife there is on local lochs, burns and rivers as footprints often found include otters, and where they are still found, water voles. They are also going to be running water vole surveys and non-native plant surveys in the Badenoch and Strathspey area so that their distribution can be monitored, and are looking for volunteers to help with this.
Please download and display poster.