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Fauna & Flora is working across Scotland to empower and connect community-based organisations, enabling them to lead local and national conservation efforts.
Our work in Scotland
Fauna & Flora empowers community-based organisations in Scotland, bolsters community conservation action and enables community-led voices to influence national-level policy decisions. One of the major outcomes and successes of Fauna & Flora’s work in Scotland is the Coastal Communities Network (CCN), a group of communities that share learning and experiences and come together to take action and influence decisions.
Watch: how the Coastal Communities Network is supporting community-led action in Scotland
Project goals
We are expanding our work across Scotland by offering bespoke support to communities working on both terrestrial and marine-focused projects. We aim to:
- Enable community-based organisations to flourish and have a demonstrable impact, by assisting individual groups with bespoke support, mentoring and advice.
- Facilitate community-led projects and fundraising capabilities by providing a small grants scheme (The Community Support Fund), with associated training, mentoring and grant-writing support.
- Develop cross-community learning and a common voice by supporting community-based organisations to connect with each other, providing opportunities to share experiences, peer-to-peer learning, and developing common conservation agendas.
- Continue to support the Coastal Communities Network as it moves towards functional independence, including supporting the development of its governance and operational structures for resilience into the future.
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Project timeline
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2020
Fauna & Flora begins to support community-based organisations that are focused on terrestrial biodiversity, nature recovery and climate impacts.
Velvet crab © Martin Prochazkacz / Shutterstock
2017
With Fauna & Flora support, the Coastal Communities Network emerges as a coalition of community-based organisations who wish to take action together for their marine environment.
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2014 - 2015
Fauna & Flora helps establish new community groups along the west coast, such as the Community Association of Lochs and Sounds (CAOLAS) and Craignish Restoration of Marine and Coastal Habitat (CROMACH).
Project partners
Fauna & Flora supports many community-based organisations across Scotland. It also provides direct support to the Coastal Communities Network.
Donors
We are grateful for financial support from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation, Arcadia, Millichope Foundation, Hugh Fraser Foundation, William Grant Foundation, Aurum Charitable Trust, VP PLC, among many others who have supported us over the years.
Resources
Harnessing community-led marine conservation in Scotland: A case study
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A Case Study of Demonstration & Research Marine Protected Area development in Scotland
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Marine restoration in Scotland: Defining potential for a shared vision
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Scotland: Giving a global voice to coastal communities
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Safeguarding our seas
Urgent action is required to ensure that our oceans – and the remarkable wildlife found within them – can be nurtured back to health and given time to recover.
There is not only a moral imperative to act; our very survival depends on doing so.
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