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.