Nature And Landscape

#FIRNS Connecting Investment, Nature and Communities

We want to build on the success of our FIRNS Round 1 project to secure more private investment to finance the restoration of Scotland’s nature, and move towards this becoming a self-sustaining area of our work. This will involve: > Stewarding existing business partners (buyers) already funding nature restoration via our Rewilding Fund, to maintain and grow their commitment. > Attracting new business partners and exploring new models to secure more investment for nature restoration at land partner (seller) sites across our Northwoods Rewilding Network (NRN) and Loch Abar Mòr (LAM) landscape-scale partnership. > Fully developing our newly-formed partnership with SSEN Transmission to prove this model of biodiversity net gain (BNG) investment. > Exploring the potential for further BNG partnerships across relevant sectors. > Driving more community engagement by our land partners, through training, peer-to-peer mentoring and events to connect local communities to nature restoration in a meaningful way.