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Wayne Powell Professor Wayne Powell, principal of Scotland’s Rural College, is among seven new appointments to the board of NatureScot, the quango formerly known as Scottish Natural Heritage. Prof Powell said he was proud to take up the position given the two organisations’ shared values around the country’s natural environment. Other appointments to the board include Dr Heather Reid, a science education consultant and former weather forecaster with the Met Office and BBC Scotland; Pete Higgins, Professor of Outdoor, Environmental and Sustainability Education at the University of Edinburgh; and Dr Ian Gambles, who has been CEO of Forestry Commission since 2019. ....
Quango boardroom chiefs face questions over taxpayer funded salaries Part-time roles for quango chiefs nets them gargantuan salaries. Dame Susan Rice said the SFC faced a significant challenge Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The excessive payments being made to the part-time boardroom bosses of Scotland’s public sector quangos can today be revealed by the Sunday Mail. ....
By Community contributor By NatureScot Chair, Dr Mike Cantlay THIS YEAR has been an incredibly difficult one for everyone. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed every aspect of the way we work and live and as we head into 2021 it an sometimes feel as though the only certainty ahead is more uncertainty. Yet despite this, as I reflect on the past 12 months there is also much cause for optimism. The pandemic has resulted in a growing consensus on the need for us to all come together and build back better as we emerge from this crisis. Nature must be at the heart of our green recovery from Covid-19. Restoring it is crucial if we are to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change and provide resilience from future pandemics. We have to work quickly and at a scale not seen before and at NatureScot we are resolved to accelerate this with a renewed focus on nature-based solutions such as peatland restoration and woodland ....