The Green Match Fund
The Highlands & Islands Environment Foundation (HIEF) is taking part in the Green Match donation campaign going on right now. Our challenge is to raise £10,000 in donations before noon on Thursday 27th April (ie only …
SIF Winter Data Collection – 2023 results
Over January and February volunteers from across the islands took part in our marine litter data collection project with the key aim of providing better data on island marine litter. …
National Islands Plan Annual Report – 2022
The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 requires that a report is presented to Parliament each year setting out the progress made towards delivery of the National Islands Plan. This report sets …
SIF Big Data Collection – Spring 2023
After our successful trial beach data collection in the winter, we have around 20 beach groups ready to do another round of data collection for our Spring Clean in April. …
Draft response to HPMA consultation
Following a call to members for opinions and evidence regarding the Scottish Government’s Highly Protected Marine Area consultation we have prepared a draft response to consultation questions. In publishing our …
Alcohol advertising and promotion consultation
Today we have responded to the Scottish Government consultation on alcohol advertising and promotion, highlighting the need for more careful consideration of the impact of the proposal in islands communities: …
Reporting disruptive events
As part of our support for the Scottish Islands Team we have been asked to help keep the Scottish Government informed of disruptive events which are happening, or likely to …
SIF Member Session – Island community resilience
In the next of our series of online member sessions we will disucss the impact of the cost of living crisis as well as consider how the lessons learned from …
SIF Winter 2023 Big Data Collection
A project developed by our Marine Litter Working Group, the Winter 2023 Big Data Collection, aims to gather data on island marine litter as well as test the methodology for …
Cross Party Group on Islands 1: Focus on Energy
The first meeting of the Cross Party Group on Islands took place 11 January 2023 with a focus on energy. Presentations were from Dr Zoe Laird of Highland & Islands …