Public funding for conservation agencies in Scotland plunged by 40% in a decade

According to government budget research, public funding for conservation agencies in Scotland has plunged by 40% in a decade, putting still diminishing biodiversity at risk.

Scottish Conservation Network, a group of more than 35 nature, conservation and local organisations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Greenpeace and the Scottish Nature Trust, reports that about £ 100 m was removed from government ag....