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Clean Air Day Scotland 2020

Environmental Protection Scotland October 08, 2020

Today is Scotland's Clean Air Day

Through our collective behaviours (working from home, walking and cycling instead of driving) during the national lockdown, there were extraordinary improvements in outdoor air quality. Let’s now keep doing these behaviours to keep our air clean. We can create a new normal with clean air by continuing to make these positive changes and keep healthy. Let’s make Thursday October 8th the cleanest Clean Air Day yet and feel the difference!

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Beltie Burn Restoration Blog

Sally Wallis for the Dee Catchment Partnership September 04, 2020

Established in 2003, the Dee Catchment Partnership represents and supports those with responsibilities for water management in the common aim of restoring habitat and water quality in the River Dee catchment. The organisation has secured funding for significant restoration work, such as three0year invasive plants control programme, ten years of outreach and education, and the ongoing restoration on the Beltie Burn. EU programmes have funded significant programmes of improvement, investing over £10 million in Deeside restoration projects since 2003. The partners within the group are: James Hutton Institute, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Cairngorms National Park Authority, Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeen City Council, River Dee Trust and Scottish Forestry. NatureScot.

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