HOW TO PREPARE A LEADER + PROGRAMME
BASED ON MAKING THE BEST USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
LEADER+, NATURAL RESOURCES AND NATURA
LEADER+ is the third successive European Community Initiative to provide support for
rural development. It will operate from 2000 to 2006 and all rural areas are eligible to
apply for funding programmes within the guidelines set out by their Member States. It is
however different from previous LEADER programmes in that instead of a broad brush
approach to rural development, efforts must now be targeted to one or two key ‘themes’
that have been identified by the EC and will be confirmed by the Member State. One of
the four identified themes is “making the best use of natural and cultural resources,
including enhancing the value of sites of Community interest selected under Natura
2000”. This guidance is designed to assist better understanding of what could be achieved
under this theme.
What are sites of Community interest selected under Natura 2000? These are sites of high
nature conservation value that have been selected on the basis of guidelines set down in
two European Directives – the Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) and the Habitats Directive
(92/43/EEC).
From this legislation there are two types of site: SACs (Special Areas of Conservation)
relating to habitats and species of importance, and; SPAs (Special Protection Areas)
relating to birds of importance. It is expected that all UK sites will be identified, notified
and accepted by the EC by mid 2001, with some minor exceptions - marine SACs
between the 12 mile limit and the 200 mile territorial boundaries and marine SPAs have
yet to be considered. SACs and SPAs are subject to lengthy identification and designation
processes during which they are given various titles (proposed/possible/ potential (p),
candidate or classified(c)). The range of habitats, species and birds afforded this
protection is very broad and includes blanket bog, Scots pine forest, machair, otter,
atlantic salmon, golden eagle, capercaillie, corncrake and scottish crossbill amongst
others.
There are currently 225 SACs and 139 SPAs. Maps and tables giving the location and
names of these sites are given at the end of the text (before the Reference section). These
maps only give point location and do not show the extent of each site or the type of
conservation interest. More information on individual sites can be obtained from the
relevant SNH Area Office.
For further detailed information please refer to the documentation listed in the Reference
section below.
NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURA & RURAL DEVELOPMENT
The theme states an aim of “making the best use of natural and cultural resources,
including enhancing the value of sites of Community interest selected under Natura
2000”. This does not in any way exclude activity in relation to other forms of designated
site or indeed the wider countryside. There are other programmes (LIFE Nature) that
focus specifically on enhancing candidate/classified Natura sites therefore there is the
scope with LEADER+ to take a more integrated approach to rural development through
the development of the natural heritage.
Also in addition to Natura sites, in developing a programme focusing on natural resources
there may be scope for considering other sites of conservation interest or natural heritage
based initiatives. These could include Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs),
National Nature Reserves (NNRs), National Scenic Areas (NSAs), National Parks and
Local Biodiversity Action Plans (LBAPs).
Further details on each of these
designations/initiatives are available in SNH Publications or from the SNH website.
There are numerous ways that natural resources underpin the rural economy and create
employment. High quality environment provides a good basis for primary production
with farming, fishing and forestry all looking to benefit from niche markets and quality
branding and marketing. Tourism and enjoyment of the outdoors, from dolphin watching
to woodland walks, is also a significant area which studies have shown is highly
dependent on a quality environment. Finally the management of the resource for both
conservation and multiple end-users is becoming increasingly important with the spread
of urban development and European recognition of our high quality environment. It was
estimated in 1998 that there were around 36,000 fte jobs in Scotland that either related to
directly caring for the natural heritage or could be attributed to tourism and recreation
based on enjoyment of the natural heritage, alone. However as described above there is
actually a much wider scope for the natural heritage providing socio-economic benefits
and any LEADER+ programme should give consideration to supporting activities under
the following headings.
Natural Resource Management
Direct Management
• Reinstatement of Natural Heritage Interest both within and out with conservation
sites
• Enhancement of Natural Heritage Interest both within and out with conservation
sites
• Improved Management/Enhancement of Resources (hydrological functions, water
quality etc., fisheries nursery grounds, river catchment management)
Associated Activities
• Resource Inventories
• Research
Natural Resource Use
Primary Production
• Crofting/Farming
• Forestry
• Fishing
• Country sports
• Seaweed collection
Adding Value
• Tourism projects (Interpretation, visitor centres, guide books)
• Outdoor activities (Trails, guided walks, boat trips, wildlife watching)
• Craft production using locally sourced materials
• Food production using locally sourced produce
• Processing of other locally sourced materials
• Branding & marketing
• Recycling/re-use of materials
Co-ordination & Participation
• Resource Management Fora & Initiatives
• Planning exercises
• Education and Awareness Activities
There is a wide range of previous and current work going on in Scotland that provide
good examples of all of the above activity. A small number are provided as case studies
however further information can be found in the reference documentation listed below.
CASE STUDIES
Bracken Management
The Southern Uplands Partnership is driving a project to address the problems of the
spread of bracken in upland areas across Southern Scotland. A broad range of partners
from public, private and voluntary sectors were brought together to co-ordinate and have
input into a project that has produced a best practice leaflet for bracken management. The
next steps are to produce an updated Bracken Management Handbook and to develop a
series of pilot studies investigating potential end uses for bracken as a ‘crop’.
Fair Isle Marine Environment and Tourism Initiative
This partnership between the Fair Isle community, Fair Isle Bird Observatory and The
National Trust for Scotland was set up in 1996 to seek proper management and protection
for the marine area around Fair Isle. A wide range of activities have been taken forward
by the partnership including an inventory of maritime values and assets (culminating in
the Fair Isle Maritime and Cultural Database), development of a management plan and
production of interpretation materials including displays and leaflets.
Crofting Animators
In recognition that the uptake of the ESA agri-environment scheme in Uist and Barra was
very low a project was developed to address this. Two crofting animators have been
employed for a year to work with crofters within these townships ensuring full take up of
the scheme. The project has also been expanded to cover the full range of development
opportunities and challenges that are presented to the crofting community thus presenting
a more holistic approach to crofting development.
Adding Value to Low-Grade Timber in Remote Rural Areas.
Highland Birchwoods has been leading on a project to support small rural sawmills
which suffer from problems of both remoteness and scale. 15 small sawmills from
throughout Scotland have now developed a Small Sawmills Association. The SSA has a
website, marketing materials, a communal stock database and a fixed term project officer
who has been helping to identify added value products based on locally available
materials. This has resulted in the development of a number of small construction based
products for which there is a local market e.g. mantlepieces.
Grampian Rivers Project
This scheme tackles the physical damage being done to river banks and spawning
grounds of the rivers by agricultural and other activities, covering the Rivers Deveron,
Don, Dee and their tributaries. Proactive advice and guidance is being distributed to
farmers and landowners and small grants are available for physical works including
fencing off watercourses and alternative provisions for watering livestock to minimise
fouling and siltation. Tree and shrub planting and improvement of public access is also
being supported.
Cree Valley Community Woodlands
This is a community driven project which also has strong input from both the public and
private sector. After a detailed feasibility and planning process in early 1999 Cree Valley
Community Woodlands has secured funding for a full time project manager. Their
current focus is on woodland management activities and environmental education
strongly linked to the school curriculum.
Highland Walking Festival
An annual event occurring in the Highlands in May, out with the main tourist season, this
initiative has been developed learning lessons from a similar project in the Borders.
Around twenty events including guided walks, talks and other activities aimed at
attracting walkers of all ages and levels primarily to Wester Ross are co-ordinated by The
Celtic Fringe a local tourism membership organisation. This project increases bed-nights
and associated spend while extending the tourist season.
Highland Wildwoods
This small business comprising two women returners was established on the Black Isle in
1996. Their main business is cultivating shiitake mushrooms on birch and other native
wood logs, providing an alternative use for native timber. The fungi are sold to local
shops and catering outlets and also through a co-operative that involves other shiitake
growers from around the Highlands. A sideline involves selling ‘pet logs’ enabling
enthusiasts to grow shiitakes in their own gardens.
PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS AND ANIMATION
LEADER+ LAGs
Each LEADER+ Programme must be developed and co-ordinated by a Local Action
Group (LAG). The LAG should consist of representatives covering the range of interests
that any programme it manages addresses with no more than 50% of the members
derived from the public sector.
If a programme focuses on the natural heritage then the following public sector
organisations should be involved either directly in the LAG or as advisors: Scottish
Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission/Enterprise, Crofters Commission, Scottish
Environmental Protection Agency, Local Authority Local Agenda 21/LBAP staff, Local
Enterprise Company environment/community/tourism staff. Other representatives could
be made up from a wide range of other membership and voluntary sector and communitybased organisations. They could include local rural partnerships, fisheries trusts,
fisherman’s associations, partnership projects (Moray Firth Partnership, Cairngorms
Partnership, Southern Uplands Partnership), voluntary conservation organisations (e.g.
RSPB), community councils, National Park boards, community woodland groups,
Scottish Crofters Union, NFU, Forestry Contractors Association, Initiative at the Edge
Steering Groups, Duthchas local partnerships etc.
There will however be a need to identify an administrative body that will have the
capacity to take responsibility for the expenditure and claiming down of funds and all the
associated paperwork, including audit compliance. This will be down to each potential
LAG to decide.
Bid Writing
Securing a LEADER + programme is a two stage process. Outline bids are likely to be
called for by the Scottish Executive in mid/late November 2000 and on this basis may
require to be submitted by end December 2000. It has not been stated what information
will be required at either stage however it is likely that Outline Bids (roughly three pages
in length) will require:
• Background information on Local Action Group, proposed administrative body
and partners.
• Description of geographical coverage of proposed programme.
• Population figures.
• A SWOT Analysis from which the theme/s selected should be derived.
• Statement of theme/s proposed.
• Description of proposed achievements under programme.
• Level of funding or range of funds required to meet the stated objectives.
• While match funding will not have to be confirmed up front, some consideration
needs to be given to the match funding for administration for the first couple of
years and there must be a basis for securing the remainder of the match funds
required.
The SWOT analysis and area of geographical coverage proposed will both be very
important in defining the appropriateness of selecting a theme focusing on natural
resources. Consideration needs to be given to how potential achievements will be
measured at this early stage; guidance on achieving appropriate indicators can be
obtained from the Scottish Community Development Centre. Sustainable Development
Indicators have also been developed (www.environment.detr.gov.uk/epsim/indics/isdintro.htm &
www.environment.detr.gov.uk/sustainable/index.htm).
On the basis of the outline bids a reduced number of groups will be invited to develop
full programme proposals. The details of this process are not yet clear.
LOCAL PLANNING & ANIMATION
When carrying out planning for a LEADER+ programme there is a need to both consider
policy fit and community aspirations and needs. The timing for the submission of the
Outline Bids is very short and full community consultation may not be appropriate at this
stage, however LAGs should consider how to obtain up to date information about the
activities of appropriate groups (as identified in section on LAGs) in their area.
Consideration will need to be given to a number of key documents from government
policy statements to community plans which will vary for each area and specific
proposals. The most relevant are listed in the reference section and it is anticipated that
the recent Scottish Executive policy Rural Scotland: A New Approach will be significant.
On a more local scale all local community plans, village appraisals, access surveys,
interpretation plans and LBAPs should be taken into consideration.
Development of full proposals will require much more detailed consultation. Documents
that will provide information to assist in the planning of this process are listed in the
reference section.
OTHER ISSUES TO CONSIDER
When preparing your plan consider the following:
• What activities are already covered by other existing European funding
programmes (Highlands and Islands Special Programme, Community Economic
Development, Crofting Township Development, Agri-marketing, LIFE Nature,
Agri-Environment Schemes, Northern Periphery Programme)
• Are you aware of other areas also proposing to develop a natural resources
theme? Would you be able to carry out joint actions/activities?
• Are there other geographically overlapping LEADER+ programmes on different
themes being developed? Would you be able to work with them in any way?
• What will be your main sources of match funding for administration and for
projects? How likely is it you could secure this funding and over what timescales?
• How can you make sure your programme is both strategic but bottom-up?
• What is innovative about your programme?
• Can you identify any appropriate transnational links (advice can be obtained from
AEIDL)
General advice on any of these points can be obtained from the Contacts listed for
LEADER+ in the Reference section below.
NATURA MAPS
The Following pages contain:
• Map of SAC sites
• Table listing details of SAC sites
• Map of SPA sites
• Table listing details of SPA sites
Candidate and Possible SAC Sites - Scotland
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Abhainn Clais An Eas and Allt A`Mhuilinn
Achnahaird
Airds Moss
Altnaharra
Amat Woods
Ardgour Pinewoods
Ardmeanach
Ardnamurchan Burns
Ardvar and Loch A`Mhuilinn Woodlands
Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan
Ballochbuie
Bankhead Moss, Beith
Barry Links
Beinn a`Ghlo
Beinn Dearg
Beinn Iadain and Beinn na h`Uamha
Ben Alder and Aonach Beag
Ben Heasgarnich
Ben Lawers
Ben Lui
Ben Nevis
Ben Wyvis
Berriedale and Langwell Waters
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast
Black Loch Moss
Black Wood of Rannoch
Blawhorn Moss
Borders Woods
Braehead Moss
Broubster Leans
Buchan Ness to Collieston
Burrow Head
Caenlochan
Cairngorms
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands
Cape Wrath
Carn nan Tri-Tighearnan
Carsegowan Moss
Cawdor Wood
Claish Moss and Kentra Moss
Clyde Valley Woods
Coalburn Moss
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Cockinhead Moss
Coille Mh_r
Coladoir Bog
Coll Machair
Conon Islands
Coyles of Muick
Craigengar
Craighall Gorge
Cranley Moss
Creag Meagaidh
Creag nan Gamhainn
Crieff Woods
Culbin Bar
Dam Wood
Dinnet Oakwood
Dogden (Greenlaw Moor)
Dornoch Firth and Morrich More
Drumochter Hills
Dun Moss and Forest of Alyth Mires
Dunkeld-Blairgowrie Lochs
Durness
Dykeneuk Moss
East Caithness Cliffs
East Mires and Lumbister
Eilean na Muice Duibhe
Endrick Water
Fair Isle
Faray and Holm of Faray
Feur Lochain
Firth of Lorn
Flanders Mosses
Flow of Dergoals
Foinaven
Galloway Oakwoods
Glac na Criche
Glen Beasdale
Glen Coe
Glen Creran Woods
Glen Tanar
Glenartney Juniper Wood
Green Hill of Strathdon
Grimersta
Hascosay
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Hoy
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Insh Marshes
Inverasdale Peatlands
Invernaver
Inverpolly
Isle of May
Keen of Hamar
Keltneyburn
Kilhern Moss
Kinloch and Kyleakin Hills
Kinveachy Forest
Kippenrait Glen
Kirkcowan Flow
Ladder Hills
Ledmore Wood
Lendalfoot Hills Complex
Lewis Peatlands
Lismore
Lismore Lochs
Little Gruinard River
Loch a`Phuill
Loch Achnacloich
Loch Creran
Loch Etive Woods
Loch Fada
Loch Laxford
Loch Lomond Woods
Loch Maree Complex
Loch Moidart and Loch Shiel Woods
Loch nam Madadh
Loch of Isbister
Loch of Stenness
Loch of Wester
Loch Roag Lagoons
Loch Ruthven
Loch Sunart Woodlands
Loch Ussie
Loch Watten
Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs
Lower Findhorn Woods
Lower River Spey - Spey Bay
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Meall na Samhna
Merrick Kells
Methven Moss
Mingarry Burn
Mochrum Lochs
Moffat Hills
Moidach More
Moine Mh_r
Mointeach nan Lochain Dubha
Mointeach Scadabhaigh
Monach Islands
Monadh Mor
Monadhliath
Moniack Gorge
Moorfoot Hills
Moray Firth (marine)
Morrone Birkwood
Mortlach Moss
Morven and Mullachdubh
Morvern Woods
Mound Alderwoods
Mousa
Muir of Dinnet
Mull Oakwoods
Mull of Galloway
Ness Woods
North Fetlar
North Harris
North Rona
North Shotts Moss
North Uist Machair
Obain Loch Euphoirt
Oldshoremore and Sandwood
Papa Stour
Pitkeathly Mires
Pitmaduthy Moss
Pitmedden Forest
Rannoch Moor
Rassal
Red Moss
Reidside Moss
Rhidorroch Woods
Rigg - Bile
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River Bladnoch
River Borgie
River Dee
River Evelix
River Kerry
River Moidart
River Moriston
River Naver and Mallart River
River Oykel
River South Esk
River Spey
River Teith
River Thurso
River Tweed
Ronas Hill - North Roe
Rum
Sanday
Sands of Forvie
Shelforkie
Shingle Islands
Sligachan Peatlands
Solway Firth
Solway Mosses
Sound of Arisaig (Loch Ailort to Loch Ceann
Sound of Barra
South Uist Machair
South-East Islay Skerries
St Abb`s Head to Fast Castle
St Kilda
Strath
Strathglass Complex
Strathy Point
Stromness Heaths and Coast
Sullom Voe
Tarbert Woods
Taynish and Knapdale Woods
Tayvallich Juniper and Coast
The Vadills
Threepwood Moss
Tingon
Tiree Machair
Torrs Warren - Luce Sands
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Treshnish Isles
Trossachs Woods
Trotternish Ridge
Tulach Hill and Glen Fender Meadows
Turclossie Moss
Tynron Juniper Wood
Upper Nithsdale Woods
Urquhart Bay Wood
Waukenwae Moss
Whitlaw and Branxholme
Yell Sound Coast
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216
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218
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220
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224
225
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Classified and Potential SPAs – Scotland
SITE NAME
Abernethy Forest
Achanalt Marshes
Ailsa Craig
Aird & Borve, Benbecula
Arran Moors
Assynt Lochs
Auskerry
Ballochbuie
Beinn Dearg
Ben Alder
Ben Wyvis
Black Cart
Bridgend Flats, Islay
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast
Caenlochan
Cairngorms
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands
Caithness Lochs
Calf of Eday
Cameron Reservoir
Canna and Sanday
Cape Wrath
Castle Loch, Lochmaben
Coll
Coll (corncrake)
Copinsay
Creag Meagaidh
Cromarty Firth
Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch
Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet
Drumochter Hills
East Caithness Cliffs
East Sanday Coast
Eilean na Muice Duibhe/Duich Moss, I
Eoligarry, Barra
Fair Isle
Fala Flow
Fetlar
Feur Lochain (part of Rinns of Islay
Firth of Forth
NUMBER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Firth of Forth Islands
Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary
Flannan Isles
Forest of Clunie
Foula
Fowlsheugh
Glac na Criche (part of Rinns of Isl
Gladhouse Reservoir
Glas Eileanan
Glen Tanar
Glenn App
Greenlaw Moor
Gruinart Flats, Islay
Handa
Hermaness and Saxa Vord
Hoy
Inner Clyde Estuary
Inner Moray Firth
Inverpolly, Loch Urigill and Nearby
Kilpheder to Smerclate, South Uist
Kintyre Goose Roosts
Kinveachy Forest
Knapdale Lochs
Ladder Hills
Laggan, Islay
Lairg and Strath Brora Lochs
Langholm - Newcastleton Hills
Lewis Peatlands
Loch Ashie
Loch Eye
Loch Flemington
Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes
Loch Knockie and Nearby Lochs
Loch Leven
Loch Lomond
Loch Maree
Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren
Loch of Kinnordy
Loch of Lintrathen
Loch of Skene
Loch of Strathbeg
Loch Ruthven
Loch Shiel
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
Loch Spynie
Loch Vaa
Lochnagar
Lochs Druidibeg, a` Machair
Lochs of Spiggie and Brow
Marwick Head
Mingulay and Berneray
Mointeach Scadabhaigh
Monach Isles
Montrose Basin
Moray and Nairn Coast
Mousa
Muir of Dinnet
Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands
Mull Eagle Site
Ness & Barvas, Lewis
North Caithness Cliffs
North Colonsay and Western Cliffs
North Harris Mountains
North Inverness Lochs
North Rona & Sula Sgeir
North Sutherland Coastal Islands
North Uist Machair and Islands
Noss
Orkney Mainland Moors
Otterswick and Graveland
Papa Stour
Papa Westray (North Hill and Holm)
Pentland Firth Islands
Priest Island (Summer Isles)
Ramna Stacks and Gruney
Rannoch Moor and nearby Lochs
Rinns of Islay
River Spey - Insh Marshes
Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon
Rousay
Rum
Shiant Isles
Skye Eagle Site
South Tayside Goose Roosts
South Uist Machair and Lochs
St Abb`s Head to Fast Castle
St Kilda
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
Sule Skerry and Sule Stack
Sumburgh Head
Switha
Tips of Corsmaul & Tom
Tiree (corncrake)
Tiree Wetlands and Coas
Treshnish Isles
Troup, Pennan and Lion`s Heads
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
West Westray
Wester Ross Lochs
Westwater
Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and M
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
REFERENCES
Useful Contacts
LEADER +
David Smillie
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Bridge House
20 Bridge Street
Inverness
IV1 1QR
Phone: 01463 234171
Fax: 01463 244469
Nuala Boyle
Scottish Enterprise
Franborough House
123 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 6JP
Phone 0141 248 2700
Fax: 0141 221 3217
Jim Millard
European Funds
Scottish Executive
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Ph: 0131 556 8400
AEIDL
260 Chausée Saint-Pierre
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
Ph: +32 2 736 49 60
Fax: +32 2 736 0434
Richard Robinson
Scottish Natural Heritage
9 Culdthel Road
Inverness
IV3 4AG
Ph: 01463 723100
Fax: 01463 714343
Adrian Colwell
European and International Affairs Officer
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Rosebery House
9 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 5XZ
Ph: 0131 474 9260
Fax: 0131 474 9292.
Natura 2000
The first point of contact for local enquiries will be the relevant SNH Area Manager.
Contact details for all area managers are listed below:
Argyll & Stirling
Roddy Fairley
The Beta Centre
Innovation Park
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4NF
Phone: 01786 450362
Fax: 01786 451974
Strathclyde and Ayrshire
Angus Laing
Caspian House
Mariner court
Clydebank Business Park
Clydebank
G81 2NR
Phone: 0141 951 4488
Fax: 0141 051 8948
Dumfries and Galloway
Chris Miles
Carmont House
The Chrichton
Bankhead Road
Dumfries
DG1 4ZF
Phone: 01387 247010
Fax: 01387 259247
Northern Isles
John Uttley
Ground Floor
Stewart Building
Alexandra Wharf
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0LL
Phone: 01595 693345
Fax: 01595 692565
East Highland
George Hogg
Fodderty Way
Dingwall Business Park
Dingwall
IV15 9XB
Phone: 01349 853666
Fax: 01349 865609
North Highland
Terry Keatinge
Main Street
Golspie
KW10 6TG
Phone: 01408 633602
Fax: 01408 633071
West Highland
Greg Mudge
The Governor’s House
The Parade
Fort William
PH33 6BA
Phone: 01397 704716
Fax: 01397 700303
Western Isles
David MacLennan
32 Francis Street
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
HS1 2ND
Phone: 01851 705258
Fax: 01851 704900
Grampian
Ron MacDonald
16/17 Rubislaw Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1XE
Phone: 01224 642863
Fax: 01224 643347
Tayside & Clackmannanshire
Philip Gaskell
Battleby
Redgorton
Perth
PH1 3EW
Phone: 01738 444177
Fax: 01738 442060
Forth and Borders
Ruth Briggs
Laundry House
Dalkeith Country Park
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 2NA
Phone: 0131 654 2466
Fax: 0131 654 2477
General Enquiries on Natura 2000 should be directed to
Sandy MacLennan
Fraser Darling House
9 Culduthel Road
Inverness
IV3 4AG
Phone: 01463 723100
Fax: 01463 723120
Publications on Natura 2000 are available from:
Scottish Natural Heritage
Publications Section
Battleby
Redgorton
Perth
PH1 3EW
Phone: 01738 444177
Fax: 01738 827411
Case Study & Related Material
Sandy Dear
Tourism and Environment Forum
Bridge House
20 Bridge Street
Inverness
IV1 1QR
Ph: 01463 234171
Fax: 01463 244469
Planning & Animation
SCVO
18/19 Claremont Crescent
Edinburgh
EH7 4QD
Phone: 0131 556 3852
Fax: 0131 556 0279
Directory of Social Change
24 Stephenson Way
London
NW1 2DP
Phone: 0171 209 5151
Scottish Community Development Centre
329 Baltic Chambers
50 Wellington Street
Glasgow
G2 6HJ
Ph: 0141 248 1924
Fax: 0141 248 4938
Chris Higgins
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Bridge House
20 Bridge Street
Inverness
IV1 1QR
Phone: 01463 234171
Fax: 01463 244469
Jane MacBeth
Rural Affairs
Scottish Executive
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Ph: 0131 556 8400
Local Authorities: Community Planning, Local Agenda 21 & Biodiversity Action Plans.
Highlands and Islands Partnership Programme
Bridge House
20 Bridge Street
Inverness
IV1 1QR
Tel: 01463 244292
Fax: 01463 244324
Eastern Scotland European Partnership
Programme Executive
Enterprise Way
Carnegie Campus South
Dunfermline
Tel: 01383 622537
Fax: 01383 622624
South of Scotland European Partnership
24 Nith Place
Dumfries
DG1 2PN
Tel: 01387 251360
Fax: 01387 252733
Strathclyde European Partnership (West of Scotland)
Strathclyde House 6
94 Elmbank Street
Glasgow
G2 4DL
Tel: 0141 572 4400
Fax: 0141 572 4499
Vanessa Halhead
Duthchas
Bridge house
Bridge Street
Inverness
IV1 1QR
Tel: 01463 244202
Fax: 01463 244286
Useful Websites
LEADER +
www.rural-europe.aeidl.be
Natura
www.snh.org.uk
Case Study & Related Material
www.greentourism.org.uk
www.fairisle.org.uk/FIMETI/newsletter.htm
www.mluri.sari.ac.uk
www.scotland.gov.uk
www.pathsforall.org.uk (operational from November 2000)
www.snh.org.uk
Policy, Planning & Animation
www.scotland.gov.uk
www.scdc.org.uk
www.dsc.org.uk
www.scvo.org.uk
www.hie.co.uk
www.esep.co.uk
www.scotent.co.uk
www.rural-europe.aeidl.be
Useful References
LEADER +
Commission Notice to the Member States of 14 April 2000 laying down guidelines for
the Community Initiative for Rural Development (LEADER+). (2000/C 139/05) (Can be
downloaded with supporting information from the aeidl website)
INFO LEADER Monthly Newsletter published by AEIDL.
Natura 2000 and Designated Sites
The Habitats Directive: How it will apply in Great Britain, 1995. Depratment of the
Environment. *
Natura 2000 European Marine Sites: an introduction to management, 1997. ISBN 1
85397 266 5. *
Natura 2000 A guide to the 1992 EC Habitats Directive in Scotland’s Marine
Environment, 1995. ISBN 1 85397 116 2. *
Natura 2000 A Guide to the 1992 EC Habitats Directive in Scotland’s Terrestrial
Environment, 1995. ISBN 1 85397 115 4. *
Natura 2000 Special Protection Areas,1996. ISBN 1 85397 118 9. *
Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 1995. ISBN 1 85397 050 6.
National Parks for Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage’s Advice to Government, 1999.
ISBN 1 85397 021 2.
National Scenic Areas: Scottish Natural Heritage’s Advice to Government, 1999. ISBN 1
85397 041 7.
Scotland’s National Nature Reserves, 2000. ISBN 1 85397 092 1.
All of the documents listed above are available free of charge from SNH Publications.
They can be ordered by phone or via the website.
* These documents are slightly out of date and do not take account of Scottish Devolution
and more recent decisions relating to implementation of the Habitats and Birds
Directives. There are plans to update these materials in early-mid 2001.
Natura 2000: Conservation Through Partnership, 1998. English Nature. ISBN 1 85716
415 6. (Available from English Nature, Northminster House, Peterborough, PE1 1UA)
Nature Conservation: Implementation in Scotland of EC Directives on the Conservation
of Natural Habitats and of Wild Flora and Fauna and the Conservation of Wild Birds
(‘The Habitats and Birds Directives’). Revised Guidance Updating Scottish Office
Circular no. 6/1995. (available from Scottish Executive or from SE website details
below)
Action for Scotland’s Biodiversity. 2000. Scottish Biodiversity Group. (Available from
The Stationery Office Bookshop, £10).
Case Study & Related Material
Restoring and managing Riparian Woodlands, 2000. Scottish Native Woods (Phone:
01456 486426 for copies)
Prospects for Native Timber Utilisation in the Scottish highlands. Highland Birchwoods
(available March 2001, see contact details above)
Birch Woodland Management Handbook, 1999. Highland Birchwoods, Timber Growers
Association, Aberdeen university. (Contact Highland Birchwoods, see contact details
above for copies £10 plus postage)
Sustainable Rural Tourism – Opportunities for Local Action, 1995. Countryside
Commission CCP 483. ISBN 0 861 704649.
Review of EAGGF Funded Environmental Projects: Objective 1 &5B Programmes. Gary
Hill, Bob Crabtree, Daisy MacDonald. May 1999. MLURI. ISBN 0 7084 0624 6. (Can be
downloaded from Scottish Executive Website)
Socio-Economic Benefits from Natura 2000. G F Broom, J R Crabtree, D Roberts and G
Hill. 1999.Scottish Office Central Research Unit. (Available from The Stationery Office
Bookshop, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9AZ. Phone: 0131 228 4181. £5)
Natura 2000 Scoping Study. Nonie Coulthard. 2000. Scottish Executive Central Research
Unit. (Available from The Stationery Office Bookshop, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh,
EH3 9AZ. Phone: 0131 228 4181. £5)
New Ideas in Rural Development: No5 Setting up a Wildlife Tourism Initiative. MaryAnn Smyth. 1998. The Scottish Office. (Available from The Stationery Office Bookshop,
71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9AZ. Phone: 0131 228 4181. £2.50)
New Ideas in Rural Development: No4 Community Involvement in Small Scale Tourism
Initiatives. Stephanie Herbert. 1997. The Scottish Office. (Available from The Stationery
Office Bookshop, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9AZ. Phone: 0131 228 4181. £2.50)
Working with Communities: The Natural Heritage in Rural Development. 1999. ISBN 1
85397 298 3. Scottish Natural Heritage.
Working Together: The Natural Heritage in Rural Development – Six Scottish Case
studies. 1998. ISBN 1 85397 240 1. Scottish Natural Heritage.
Jobs and the Natural Heritage: The Natural Heritage in Rural Development. 1998. ISBN
1 85397 298 3. Scottish Natural Heritage.
Review of Wildlife Tourism in Scotland – Main Report. 1997. Tourism and the
Environment Forum.
A Sense of Place: Interpretive Planning Handbook. 1997. Tourism and the Environment
Forum.
Tourism and Environment Forum: Case Study Sheets (available early 2001, see contact
above).
Planning & Animation
Rural Scotland: A New Approach. 2000. The Scottish Executive.
Good Practice in Rural Development No.1: Effective Partnership Working. ISBN 0 7480
6440 0. The Scottish Office. (£2.50)
Good Practice in Rural Development No.2: Community Involvement in Rural
Development Initiatives. ISBN 0 7480 6482 6. The Scottish Office. (£2.50)
Good Practice in Rural Development No.3: Preparing Local Rural Development
Strategies: Frameworks for Action. ISBN 0 7480 6107 7. The Scottish Office. (£2.50)
Rural Community Appraisal handbook, 1999. Laurie Bidwell and Sue Sadler. Rural
Community Development Training Partnership. ISBN 1 872054 60 9. (Published by
Northern College, Dundee)
European Information in Scotland: Directory of Information Providers. ISBN 0 9524449
3 3. (Phone: 0131 225 2058 (European Commission) for copies)
Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Development in Northern Ireland. Voluntary
Activity Unit, Castle buildings, Stormont, Belfast. BT 4 3PP. Phone 01232 520504 (can
be downloaded from SCDC website)
Measuring Community Development in Northern Ireland: a handbook for practitioners.
Voluntary Activity Unit, Castle buildings, Stormont, Belfast. BT 4 3PP. Phone 01232
520504 (can be downloaded from SCDC website)
Scottish Natural Heritage: Who we are and where we are, 2000. Leaflet.
Eastern Scotland European Partnership: The Sustainable Development Project. Final
Report. 1999. (can be downloaded from ESEP website or from Eastern Scotland
European Partnership, Enterprise Way, Carnegie Campus South, Dunfermline, KY11
8PY. Phone: 01383 622537)
EU Structural Funds 2000-2006: Conserving nature, creating jobs. 2000. Institute for
European Environment Policy. (Available from Janet Dwyer, IEEP, Dean Bradley House,
52 Horseferry Road, London, SW1 2AG. Fax 0171 799 2600. www.ieep.org.uk
Voluntary Matters – Management and Good Practice in the Voluntary Sector. Paul
Palmer & Elizabeth Hoe. Directory of Social Change.
The Complete Guide to Creating and Managing New Projects. Alan Lawrie. 1996. ISBN
1 873860 91 9. Directory of Social Change (£12.50)
The Complete Guide to Business and Strategic Planning. Alan Lawrie. 1994. ISBN 1
873860 61 7. Directory of Social Change. (£10.95)
Changing Futures Developing People. Steve Brown & Lesley Greenaway. Scottish
Community Development Centre. (£8)
Developing Transnational Projects. ISBN 1 870904 57 5. SCVO. (£10/£7)
A Hand in Management. 1996. ISBN 1 870904 60 5. SCVO. (£35/£25)
Guide to Constitutions and Charitable Status. 1995. ISBN 1 870904 54 0. SCVO. (£5)
21st Century: the Brass Tacks – Managing Community Projects. 2000. ISBN 1 870904 81
8. SCVO. (£7)
Planning for Natural Heritage. Planning Advice Note PAN60. 2000. Scottish Executive
Development Department. ISBN 1 84268 404 3.