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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.
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 ...
Scotland [e] is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.
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.
Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman.The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.
National nature reserves in Scotland (4 C, 44 P) S. Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland (47 C, 50 P) ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct; Developers;
Conservation of the natural environment is well developed and various organisations play an important role in the stewardship of the country's flora and fauna. Many agencies in the UK are concerned that climate change, especially its potential effects on mountain plateaus and marine life, threaten much of the flora and fauna of Scotland.
Sheila Scott Macintyre: 1910–1960 mathematician Colin Maclaurin: 1698–1746 mathematician Maclaurin series developer Anna MacGillivray Macleod: 1917–2004 botanist, biochemist, professor of brewing John Macleod: 1876–1935 biochemist, physiologist Nobel Prize laureate, 1923 John George Macleod: 1915–2006 physician author of medical books