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www.nature.scot 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 flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes. The total number of vascular species is low by world standard but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of global importance.
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 ...
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... National nature reserves in Scotland (4 C, 44 P) S. Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland (47 C, ...
No parks were created in Scotland, however a committee, chaired by Sir Douglas Ramsay, was established to consider the issue of national parks in Scotland. The report, published in 1945, proposed national parks in five areas: Loch Lomond & the Trossachs, the Cairngorms, Glen Coe-Ben Nevis-Black Mount, Wester Ross and Glen Strathfarrar-Glen ...
Glasdrum Wood (Scottish Gaelic: Coille a’ Ghlasdroma) [3] is national nature reserve (NNR) at the head of Loch Creran in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland.Managed by NatureScot, the wood is renowned for its diverse flora and fauna, including sessile oak and ash trees, mosses, liverworts and rare invertebrates, like the chequered skipper butterfly.
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.
The Forvie National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve owned and managed by NatureScot. It is located north of Newburgh in Aberdeenshire , in the northeast of Scotland . The reserve includes the Sands of Forvie , which are the fifth largest sand dune system in Britain, and the least disturbed by human activity. [ 3 ]