The Orkney Native Wildlife Project aims to safeguard the unique and internationally important native wildlife of Orkney. It is a partnership between RSPB Scotland, NatureScot and Orkney Islands Council with generous support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and EU LIFE (LIFE17 UK/NAT/000557) as well as in kind and financial contributions from partners.
About RSPB Scotland
RSPB Scotland is part of the RSPB, the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, inspiring everyone to give nature a home. Together with our partners, we protect threatened birds and wildlife so our towns, coast and countryside will teem with life once again. We play a leading role in BirdLife International, a worldwide partnership of nature conservation organisations.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a registered charity: England and Wales no. 207076, Scotland no. SC037654
NatureScot is Scotland's nature agency. We work to enhance our natural environment in Scotland and inspire everyone to care more about it. Our priority is a nature-rich future for Scotland and an effective response to the climate emergency. For more information, follow on Twitter
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) is Britain’s smallest local authority providing council services across Orkney mainland and island communities. These include schools, care of the elderly, rubbish collection, road maintenance, caring for burial grounds and handling planning applications.
Using money raised through the National Lottery, the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) aims to make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities across the UK and help build a resilient heritage economy. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions, we invest in every part of our diverse heritage.
The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action created in 1992. The environment sub-programme funds nature conservation projects in particular in the areas of biodiversity, habitats and species. It provides action grants for best practice, pilot and demonstration projects that contribute to the implementation of the EU’s directives on birds, habitats, the EU’s biodiversity strategy to 2020, and the development, implementation and management of the Natura 2000 network.
The Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund is a commitment in the current Programme for Government for multi-year funding as part of overall investment in the natural economy.
The £65 million fund includes the competitive fund, managed by NatureScot, and direct funding to local authorities through the Edinburgh Process. Funding for large scale, transformative projects has been awarded over multiple years.
NatureScot manages the competitive element of the fund, which specifically encourages applicants with projects that restore wildlife and habitats on land and sea and address the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.
