Concerned About Wind Turbines (CAWT) is a group based in Aberdeenshire, helping local communities protect their local environment from the onslaught of wind energy developments, which as of 21st July 2013, has seen 708 turbines approved, with another 220 turbine applications pending, 391 turbines refused, and 435 turbine applications withdrawn. Read more
Protecting our Mountains: The MCofS position statement on onshore wind farms The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) believes that commercial wind farms threaten to industrialise and irreparably damage our nation’s most precious mountains and wild lands. These landscapes are of immeasurable value for their wildness and scenic beauty. Bold, pragmatic Read more
Formed in 1926, the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) works to protect Scotland’s world renowned landscape and the amenity of the countryside. It is Scotland’s longest established independent environmental organisation. As an independent charity, we welcome as members all who share what we care about – Scotland’s Read more
After only eleven months of respite following the Scottish Minister’s refusal of the application for a wind farm on Spittal Hill, Caithness, the developers -Tom and Stephen Pottinger supported by giant state-owned Norwegian utility company Statkraft – are back with another proposal. This new development is still too close to Read more
We are a group of people,based in The Highlands of Scotland,some of whom have given up 1 day a week of their work to pursue our aim to create a network of groups who link to this site and can use the information and resources we build to help fight Read more
The Scottish Wild Land Group (SWLG) is a wild land charity which is run wholly by volunteers. SWLG was established in 1982 to protect and conserve wild land in Scotland, and has campaigned on a wide range of issues. Please join or donate to the group, and get involved in Read more
The John Muir Trust is a UK conservation charity dedicated to protecting wild places. We own and care for some of the UK’s finest wild landscapes including Ben Nevis, Schiehallion, Sandwood Bay, Quinag in Assynt, part of the Cuillin on Skye and 3,000 acres on the remote Knoydart peninsula. Founded Read more
Protect Wild Scotland is a non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection. The purposes of the organisation are principally safeguarding natural heritage from adverse impacts caused by aquaculture and energy generation, and conserving wild Atlantic salmon and its natural habitat and the conditions under which the species thrives. Protect Wild Scotland pledges Read more