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Chamber and committees

Endangered Species and Wild Land Conservation

  • Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
  • Motion reference: S4M-05602
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 06 March 2013

That the Parliament notes that 2013 is the Year of Natural Scotland; recognises the efforts of conservation charities and other organisations to save endangered species and wild land in Mid Scotland and Fife and across the country; understands that the indigenous red squirrel and the wildcat face a significant threat; believes that only 150 breeding pairs of wildcat are not in captivity; considers that habitat conservation coupled with breeding programmes could hold the key to saving endangered species; believes that there should be a network of grey squirrel trapping areas; notes the report, Public Perception Survey of Wildness in Scotland, which was published in July 2012 by Scottish Natural Heritage in association with Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority; understands that the report claimed that 86% of people surveyed felt that further action was necessary to preserve wild land and that the most popular means by which this could be ensured was by introducing a specific wild land designation, and acknowledges calls for a concerted effort in 2013 to deliver a step change in conserving wild land and endangered species.


Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Colin Beattie, Bruce Crawford, John Finnie, Kenneth Gibson, Annabel Goldie, John Lamont, Richard Lyle, Margo MacDonald, Liam McArthur, Margaret McDougall, Jamie McGrigor, Anne McTaggart, Nanette Milne, Margaret Mitchell, Gil Paterson, Willie Rennie, Mary Scanlon, Bill Walker, John Wilson (Registered interest)