OPINION
'You don’t understand.'
Thursday, October 3, 2024
SBP’s Storytelling Lead, Hugh Webster, reflects on the long-running debate around Scotland’s deer and explains why a new approach is needed to address contested issues.
Lynx and the Culture Chasm
Friday, November 3, 2023
Peter Cairns has spent decades listening to conflicting opinions on the return of lynx. Here, he argues that the case for this enigmatic cat has little to do with the animal itself and instead, rests with the cultural chasm that surrounds it.
Scottish Government defines rewilding
Thursday, July 6, 2023
The Scottish Government, working with its agencies, has produced a report on their preferred definition of rewilding.
Killing predators won't save capercaillie
Monday, July 11, 2022
Routine demonisation of pine martens is clouding the public discourse on saving Scotland's threatened capercaillie populations, writes Peter Cairns.