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Riverwoods Development Grant
Created: 22/05/2025
News/Events Category: Funding and Finance
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The key purpose of Riverwoods is to create a network of river woodlands and healthy river systems throughout Scotland, which will deliver a range of benefits including flood protection, improved water quality and improvements for salmon fisheries, as well as helping to tackle the twin challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
The Riverwoods Development Grant seeks to address one of the key barriers to river woodland creation by supporting the scoping, planning and design of River Woodland Development Plans for the benefit of river health, habitat connectivity and access to nature in Scotland.
The Riverwoods Development Grant seeks to support local organisations in overcoming these barriers by supporting the production of River Woodland Development Plans. These plans focus on identifying opportunities to expand river woodlands and restore riparian habitats, serving as a critical first step to enhance river health, improve habitat connectivity, and boost species and ecosystem resilience, diversity, and access to nature.
The Grant enables this work by supporting scoping, initial engagement, planning, and design activities for river woodland creation and restoration projects.
In the context of this Grant, native river woodland is defined as woodland that abounds to a watercourse, which may also extend significantly away from the riverbank into wider secondary native woodland creation and restoration areas. However, it is expected that key river woodland habitats and areas (see definitions below) will form the core focus of any proposals:
Key Habitat Features:
- Riparian woodlands: A woodland area on the bank of a river or loch, with the width being defined by the biogeochemical site conditions.
- Floodplain woodlands: All woodland lying within the fluvial floodplain that is subject to a regular or natural flooding regime.
- Gorge woodlands: Native trees in gorges where the influence of the riparian zone extends beyond the floodplain due to high humidity levels.
- Man-made riparian woodland buffers: Riparian woodland buffer zones occur on farms as areas between natural and artificial water courses, such as streams or ditches, and agricultural land.
The Riverwoods Development Grant is made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players, as part of the Riverwoods Blueprint Project.
How to apply
The closing date for applications is 11.59am on Monday 28 July 2025.
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