Species on the Edge
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Species on the Edge is a programme of work led by NatureScot, in partnership with Rethink Nature, dedicated to improving the fortunes of 37 priority species found along Scotland's coast and islands.
Working with and through communities, local initiatives and land managers, there will be opportunities for people to get involved in efforts to save these species for future generations.
The four and a half year programme covers seven landscape-scale areas in Scotland: Solway Coast; East Coast; North Coast; Argyll and the Inner Hebrides; Outer Hebrides; Orkney; and Shetland.
Natur am Byth!
Natur am Byth ("Nature Forever") is delivering an extensive natural heritage and outreach programme across Wales. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, it is being led by a partnership that brings the Rethink Nature partners together with Natural Resources Wales, the Marine Conservation Society and the Vincent Wildlife Trust.
The programme will focus on 67 species facing the greatest threat of extinction and of particular importance to Wales, working in the landscapes and coastal areas that are of most significance for them. It will reconnect people to nature, and the partnership will give much needed capacity into the natural heritage sector to save threatened species. It will also create a new wave of nature ambassadors and celebrate Cynefin – the distinct natural heritage that underpins communities across Wales.
Back from the Brink
The Back from the Brink (BftB) programme (2017-21) was an ambitious partnership initiative developed by Rethink Nature and Natural England and supported by the National Lottery.
The aim of the programme was to save some of the most threatened species from extinction and reverse their fortunes to put them back on the road to recovery, working through a suite of 19 conservation projects across England.
An impressive 96 priority species have seen improvements in their conservation status and prospects, as a result of BftB's efforts and, more broadly, a total of 188 species have benefitted.