NatureScot may raise ‘more than £100m’ in private investment for conservation

Investors in talks about supporting up to 15 government-backed nature restoration projects in Scotland

Private investors are in talks about spending tens of millions of pounds on government-backed nature restoration projects in Scotland, the country's conservation agency has said.

NatureScot said its so-called nature investment partnerships were on course to raise more than 100m for up to 15 projects, as it sought to fend off detailed criticisms of its fundraising efforts by an economics thinktank.