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The halfway point has been reached in an extended public consultation into whether Galloway should become Scotland's third national park. NatureScot is conducting the process which ends on 14 ...
Caerlaverock is a national nature reserve (NNR) covering parts of the mudflats and shoreline of the Solway Firth about 10 km south of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies between the River Nith and the Lochar Water , and consists of a variety of wetland habitats including bare mud and sand, merse and marshes, and is fringed by ...
National scenic areas are designated by the IUCN as Category V Protected Landscapes, the same international category as Scotland's two national parks. [1] Within the United Kingdom the NSA designation is regarded as equivalent to the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
National nature reserves were first created under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. [4] In 1996 the public body responsible for Scotland's natural heritage, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH – since renamed NatureScot), undertook a review of NNR policy that took account of the availability of other designations conferring legal protection, such as site of special ...
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NatureScot (Scottish Gaelic: NàdarAlba) is the operating name for the body formally called Scottish Natural Heritage. [3] It is an executive non-departmental public body [1] of the Scottish Government responsible for the country's natural heritage, especially its natural, genetic and scenic diversity.
The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is a full planning authority, exercising powers that would otherwise be exercised by the local authority, whilst the Cairngorms National Park has the power to "call in" planning decisions from the local authority where they are considered to conflict with the aims of the park. [28]
National Cycle Route 7 runs to the south of Cairnsmore of Fleet, passing underneath the Big Water of Fleet viaduct. [23] A visitor centre, operated by NatureScot and open all year, is located at Dromore at the southern end of the national nature reserve. NatureScot have commissioned five sculptures which have been located around the reserve.