Category: Flagship projects

Nurturing Natural Connections

, by Tracy Lambert
Cumbernauld Living Landscape is improving Cumbernauld’s green and bluespaces, helping people connect to nature and each other, while taking positive action for nature. The twin crises of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss are at the forefront of our goals to make Cumbernauld’s greenspaces resilient for people and wildlife in the years to come. The Living Landscape initiative is a partnership between Scottish Wildlife Trust,…

Nurturing Nature – Development Phase

, by Tracy Lambert
We will: Work closely with our partners North Lanarkshire Council’s Greenspace Development team and Tree Assets Manager, together with the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Greenspace Reserves Manager to identify a list of capital works that will priorities mitigation of climate change and biodiversity loss. The selection of capital works will be based on landowner mapping, updated habitat mapping (including the Long–Term Forest Plans) and riparian…

Natural Benefits – Development Phase

, by Tracy Lambert
We will: Take a participatory approach to co-develop the volunteer and engagement programme, including identification of key referral partners for development of employability focused activities; delivery of taster volunteer and guided walks sessions with embedded consultation; analyse and report on consultation findings to inform delivery.  We will also develop a community engagement plan, including outreach to new community groups and individuals and explore and an intervention…

Nature Counts – Development Phase

, by Tracy Lambert
We will: Promote the recording of animal and plant species through collaborating and testing the Nature Counts platforms from Sheffield Wildlife Trust and embedding the platform on the Cumbernauld Living Landscape website.  Design a programme of community citizen science activities based on North Lanarkshire’s Biodiversity Action Plan  and Invasive Non-native Species survey (INNS) to enable local volunteers to support inclusive, participatory approaches to…

Nature Network – Development Phase

, by Tracy Lambert
We will: Create a networking platform on our website where communities, organisations and businesses can add their contribution to taking action for nature. It will be a visual aid to find out what is happening in your area, how to contact and join in We will create two Virtual Reality videos to highlight two reserves and one Augmented Reality to…

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