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Edinburgh Airport first backer of new nature recovery programme, as new data reveals pressures facing UK landscapes

Stuart Mitchell

Edinburgh Airport has become the first publicly named Pioneer partner supporting IMPACT, a new corporate nature recovery programme from The Future Forest Company designed to connect businesses with credible, evidence-led restoration and long-term stewardship across UK landscapes. The announcement comes after the UK experienced a record-breaking June heatwave, sharpening the focus on how landscapes need to be prepared for hotter, drier conditions and the growing risk of wildfire. With 12 sites covering nearly 3,000 hectares and more than 1.5 million native trees planted to date, The Future Forest Company is…

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Edinburgh Airport annouces new charity partner

Stuart Mitchell

Support worth £100,000 has been donated to Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA), a record sum for one of Edinburgh Airport’s corporate charities. It comes as Edinburgh-based The Yard is announced as the airport’s new corporate charity for 2019. The Yard work with children and young people with additional support needs. The support was donated through a range of activities, including advertising space, a staff runway run and a variety of intern fundraising initiatives. Sealed, untampered liquids that were confiscated in the security hall were donated to be used as raffle…

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