Help us protect wild places under immediate threat from wind farms
Multiple new onshore wind power developments are set to destroy Scotland’s wild places and fragile habitats.
Inappropriately sited wind farms and their infrastructure are threatening to industrialise wild places we love, like Sandwood, Knoydart and the Monadhliaths near Cairngorms National Park.
This is resulting in habitat degradation, loss of biodiversity and increased carbon emissions. This is especially counterproductive when development is constructed on peatlands, which are essential for carbon storage.
A strong voice for wild places is essential to address the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss while also achieving the UK’s climate goals.
Once our wild places are gone, they can’t be replaced.
Please help us and join the fight to protect wild places.
David Fleetwood, Director of Policy, John Muir Trust:
“In 1983 the John Muir Trust was founded in
response to threats to wild land in Knoydart. Over 40 years later, that threat to wild places and the communities that support them is greater than ever. We need your help to continue the fight today.”
Your donations will help build our capacity to do the following:
Produce campaign materials
To help us raise awareness of the threat to wild places across the UK from inappropriately sited onshore wind farms.
Engage with decision makers
To make the case that developments for further wind power shouldn’t come at the cost of our wild places.
Develop a Wild Places Index
To provide an objective assessment of the condition of wild places throughout the UK, the threats they face and evidenced strategies and management plans to improve their condition.
Windfarm position statement
Find our position on renewables here.