The Cairngorms Trust Nature Resilience Fund has awarded £37,900 in funding to 8 projects across the Cairngorms National Park to tackle biodiversity decline and support the building of nature’s resilience to climate change.
The fund has been split into two parts of projects up to £10,000 and projects up to £750.
Four projects have been awarded under the main funding grant:
- RSPB – Wetlands at Ballinlaggan
- Bee Conservation Trust – Skills for Bees Scotland
- Creg Ny Baa Croft – Creg Ny Baa Nature Restoration
- Dee District Salmon Fishery Board – Glen Clunie Riparian Tree Planting
These projects have been allocated from the main fund and funding was granted as they will concentrate on building nature’s resilience to climate change and reversing biodiversity decline in the Cairngorms National Park.
The second fund of up to £750 has been allocated to Community Pollinator projects to concentrate on materials and equipment for wildflower meadows, verge creation and maintaining wildflower areas.
These projects are:
- Roots & Shoots Highland CIC – Wildflower Mini Meadows in Kingussie
- Creg Ny Baa Croft – Creg Ny Baa Meadow Enhancement
- Grantown Initiative – Dulaig Park Renovation
- Speyside Fields for Wildlife – Meadow Enhancement
The aim of the funding is to ensure that the outcomes of the projects is to protect and replenish our natural and social capital. These projects contribute to the conservation and enhancement of nature-helping habitats and species in need, mitigating the effects of climate change. There is also an element in each project that looks at the relationships among people who live and work in the Cairngorms by working in partnership and contributing to strengthening our communities and businesses through community capacity building.
Nancy Chambers, Cairngorms Trust Manager comments ‘One of the key aims of funding projects throughout the Cairngorms is that they may not receive funding through other existing funds. This diverse range of projects supported by the Cairngorms Trust Nature Resilience Fund show the range of conservation and enhancement across the area and involves all ages of our community from primary age children upwards.’
The projects being supported include creating and managing wildflower meadows to enhance biodiversity, family bug hotel making sessions, developing wetlands to create new habitats, recording bumblebee species across the Cairngorms, equipment to create and maintain meadows, native tree species creation to protect key salmon spawning rivers and school children learning and maintain wildflower meadows.
All projects will be delivered by September 2023.
