Scottish Rural Development Programme Funding
As outlined in the nature networks framework, Nature Networks require sustained and long-term funding that is accessible at all stages of delivery. This page highlights some of the available sources of funding that can be used to contribute to work on nature networks. More generally, natural capital and nature-based finance approaches are being developed with the view to harness responsible private investment for restoration. Relevant opportunities will be added as they emerge.
Covering Framework Delivery Principles:
- Data, mapping, & monitoring
- Finance & resourcing
- Governance & decision making
- Knowledge & skills
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
- Participation, engagement, & communication
- Policy & Mainstreaming
- Project Development
- Project Implementation
- Spatial Mapping
SUGGESTED ACTIONS TO SAVE TO YOUR TOOLBOX
2 Items- AECS can be used by agricultural bodies and farmers to help ensure their farms contribute to nature networks through protecting and enhancing Scotland’s natural heritage, improving water quality, managing flood risk, and helping to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
- FGS can help an existing woodland or, land through the creation of new woodland, contribute to the connectivity of nature-rich sites and therefore the enhancement or creation of nature network.
Help us build a useful toolbox
Share your feedback on existing guidance and resources, as well as links to others you think would be useful. We’d also love to hear about any great Nature Network projects that we should showcase.
.