Scottish wildlife at risk after £100m funding cut, say charities

Analysis shows 'staggering' 40% reduction in government spending in a decade

Public funding for environment bodies in Scotland has plummeted by 40% in a decade, placing already declining wildlife at risk, according to analysis of government budgets.

Scottish Environment Link, a coalition of more than 35 wildlife, environment and countryside charities, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, WWF and the Scottish Wildlife Trust, estimates almost 100m has been slashed from the budgets of public agencies in Scotland between 2010-11 and 2019-20.