Copyrighted imageCredit: Species Action Framework Species Action Framework: managing species in Scotland Scotland's five year Species Action Framework programme ended in March 2012.

This unique programme has advanced conservation and management action for 32 of Scotland's select species—including beaver, red squirrel, sea eagle, capercaillie, freshwater pearl mussel, great yellow bumblebee and woolly willow and invasive non-native species such as North American signal crayfish.

For Saving Species Brett Westwood travels up to the Scottish Natural Heritage conference in Edinburgh to discuss the results of this 5 year programme with the movers and shakers in Scotlands wildlife conservation.

Also in the programme:

  • News from around the world with regular news reporter, Kelvin Boot
  • An update you on the activities of the Open University's iSpot. Why not keep up to date with iSpot and its partners on Twitter?

Listen to Saving Species

You can listen to this episode of Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 at 11:00am on Tuesday 4 December 2012. More information and a link to listen again can be found on the Radio 4 website.

More about this week's topics

The Greenland white-fronted goose Featuring: Audio Creative commons imageCredit: Greenland White Fronted Goose / Hilary Chambers / CC BY-ND 2.0

Waterfowl expert Tony Fox talks to Saving Species about a goose that has been on conservation concern for many years.  Listen now: The Greenland white-fronted goose

Beavering away Copyrighted imageCredit: Vchphoto | Dreamstime.com

Beavers were once plentiful in the UK, but what happened to them?  Read more : Beavering away

Wanted! Signal crayfish Creative commons imageCredit: crayfish / Don Loarie / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Originally from the USA, the signal crayfish breeding patterns, growth rate and aggressive nature, ensure that our indigenous species lose out.  Read more : Wanted! Signal crayfish

In your region Creative commons imageCredit: Bold and Noble British Isles Type Map Print in Sheer Slate / Charlotte Powell / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Nature of Britain's guide to regional activities and places to visit in your area  Read more : In your region

Dig deeper into nature

iSpot Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University

Learn more about the species in your local area; enter your observations of UK wildlife at iSpot.  Read more : iSpot

Museum of the Dead Featuring: Activity Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University

The votes have now been counted and it is with deepest sympathies that we launch the latest exhibit in the Museum of the Dead  Launch now: Museum of the Dead