BIODIVERSITY in Glasgow will receive protection under a £10million national scheme.
The project, run by Waste Recycling Environmental, will help to conserve the variety of life in woodlands, grasslands, heath lands and wetlands in the city.
Cash for the Biodiversity Action Fund comes from taxes paid by Waste Recycling Group to the Government's Landfill Communities Fund. The Biodiversity Action Plan requires the UK to commit to the protection of biodiversity and the LCF was set up specifically to protect areas around landfill sites.
Peter Cox, managing director of WREN, said: "We are excited to be launching WREN's first biodiversity fund. With £10m being donated through grants all over the country we know BAF will make a serious contribution towards BAP targets.
"Conserving biodiversity in a changing climate is something on everyone's mind and is channelled through the media daily; none of us can afford to ignore the real threats facing the eco-systems that keep us alive."
To be eligible for grants, not-for-profit bodies must be running environmental or community projects within 10 miles of a landfill site. For more info, visit www.wren.org.uk.
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