The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

6. CONSERVATION

Table 6.14 Nature Conservation, non-statutory protected areas, 1996 Number of sites Area (hectares) Protecting body Owned Leased Administered under agreement Owned Leased Administered under agreement Royal Society for the Protection of Birds1 38 19 14 37,986 6,456 1,810 Scottish Wildlife Trust - 1164 - 4,967 7,370.6 9,685 The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust2 1 1 - 222 338 - The Woodland Trust3 80 05 15 6,316 0 21 The National Trust for Scotland6 118 0 2 76,400 0 <1 Source: Protecting body in table 1 Total number of reserves=58. 2 Figures for one site only which is split between 2 categories. 3 309 sites covering 332 hectares are administered under agreement for the UK as a whole but no figures for Scotland only are available. 4 This is the total number of sites, as some sites are a mixture of all categories. 5 There are four leasehold sites which have been included under 'owned' - the shortest lease is 199 years. 6 Figures are for 1997.