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Scotland’s nature agency. We work to protect and improve our natural environment in Scotland. nature.scot #NàdarAlba #MakeSpaceForNature
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    NatureScot
    @NatureScot
    Dec 12, 2025
    Our seas and coasts are incredibly rich and diverse, but they're under pressure from climate change, pollution and historic degradation. This plan is a vital step to accelerate restoration and support communities.
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    Scot Gov Marine
    @ScotGovMarine
    Dec 12, 2025
    🌊 The Marine & Coastal Restoration Plan is out now! It outlines actions to support habitat & species restoration, boost community-led efforts, and deliver ecological & socio-economic benefits. Read the full plan 👉gov.scot/ISBN/978180643…
    View of dunes on Nairn beach

Photo Keith Mutch
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    NatureScot
    @NatureScot
    Oct 14, 2025
    🦸‍♂️ Have you met our Nature30 fab four? 🌲 Areas in Argyll, Lanark, Lochaber and Moray are the first recognised Nature30 sites that will help safeguard at least 30 percent of Scotland's land and sea by 2030. 🫵 We're inviting anyone who owns or manages land, that is or will be
    Children in an outdoor classroom at Loch Wood.
    Pine forest
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    NatureScot
    @NatureScot
    Sep 18, 2025
    An extremely rare moss which has only been found in one place in the UK in the last 30 years has now been moved to two new sites in a bid to revive the critically endangered species. Round-leaved bryum, a moss which lives in the mud and is only revealed when water levels in
    Round-leaved bryum being grown and cultivated at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh nursery. Rebecca is gently tweezing the moss out of its pot to put into a small glass jar for transport to its new home.
    A hand with tweezers gently holding a small clump of moss and putting it into a glass jar for transport.
    A woman and a man kneeling down and planting the moss into the mud.
    The moss is planted into the mud around a wooden stake and a spacer allowing six small clump of moss to be evenly planted together.  The stake will allow the conservationists to come back and check on how the moss is doing.
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    NatureScot
    @NatureScot
    Sep 16, 2025
    Congrats to all the wonderful finalists, working hard to protect Scotland's nature 🍃
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    NatureScot
    @NatureScot
    Sep 11, 2025
    We welcome Scotland’s first action plan for blue carbon. Blue carbon habitats, such as flourishing kelp beds, saltmarshes and seagrass meadows trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. They also help to protect our soft coastlines from storms and rising sea levels, as well as
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    Net Zero Scotland
    @ScotGovNetZero
    Sep 10, 2025
    Climate Action Sec @GillianMSP launched the first @scotgov Blue Carbon Action Plan with @univofstandrews researchers. Blue carbon has a crucial role in protecting seas and coastal habitats and tackling climate change, here and all around the world ow.ly/xNAm50WUv2t
    Two researchers in white lab coats speak to Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin and Professor Bill Austin  in a laboratory as another person looks on from the side
    Professor Bill Austin  and Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin hold a copy of the Scottish Government's Blue Carbon Action Plan with salt marsh and sea in the background.
    Professor Bill Austin describes the work being done in the laboratory to Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin
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