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  • From Islay to Cowal: how we're bringing Argyll's peatlands back to life

    From Islay to Cowal: how we're bringing Argyll's peatlands back to life

    Case studies of peatland regeneration at Coull Farm, Islay and Caladh Hill, West Cowal, exploring the techniques, challenges and results of over 600ha of Peatland ACTION work across Argyll. Read more

  • Saving Scotland’s Red-Billed Chough

    Saving Scotland’s Red-Billed Chough

    Scotland’s red-billed chough is at risk of disappearing, and new research shows urgent action is needed to protect the remaining birds on Islay and Colonsay. Read more

  • Saving Scotland's Rainforest with Natural Capital Investment

    Saving Scotland's Rainforest with Natural Capital Investment

    Private investors are interested in nature restoration, and we’ve worked with partners to establish a robust and sustainable process which helps them to do that in a way that benefits not just our rainforest, but also the people who live and work in it. Read more

  • Saving Argyll's Rainforest

    Saving Argyll's Rainforest

    Our demonstration project to save Argyll's rainforest habitat. Read more

  • From Islay to Cowal: how we're bringing Argyll's peatlands back to life
  • Saving Scotland’s Red-Billed Chough
  • Saving Scotland's Rainforest with Natural Capital Investment
  • Saving Argyll's Rainforest
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Nature Restoration

Saving Argyll's Rainforest

Saving Argyll's Rainforest

Our demonstration project to save Argyll's rainforest habitat. Read more

Published: 30th June, 2024

Updated: 3rd July, 2026

Author: Anonymised User

From Islay to Cowal: how we're bringing Argyll's peatlands back to life

From Islay to Cowal: how we're bringing Argyll's peatlands back to life

Case studies of peatland regeneration at Coull Farm, Islay and Caladh Hill, West Cowal, exploring the techniques, challenges and results of over 600ha of Peatland ACTION work across Argyll. Read more

Published: 2nd June, 2026

Author: Julie Young

Saving Scotland’s Red-Billed Chough

Saving Scotland’s Red-Billed Chough

Scotland’s red-billed chough is at risk of disappearing, and new research shows urgent action is needed to protect the remaining birds on Islay and Colonsay. Read more

Published: 5th December, 2025

Updated: 7th January, 2026

Author: Julie Young

ACT Peatland

ACT Peatland

Peatland restoration, building the connection people have with the peatlands, and improving our understanding of the species that call this landscape home. Read more

Published: 22nd May, 2022

Updated: 5th December, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

Saving Scotland's Rainforest with Natural Capital Investment

Saving Scotland's Rainforest with Natural Capital Investment

Private investors are interested in nature restoration, and we’ve worked with partners to establish a robust and sustainable process which helps them to do that in a way that benefits not just our rainforest, but also the people who live and work in it. Read more

Published: 6th November, 2024

Updated: 26th November, 2025

Author: Julie Young

West Cowal Habitat Regeneration Project

West Cowal Habitat Regeneration Project

Our ambitious project aims to take cooperative action at a landscape scale to protect, restore, expand and reconnect the remnant and fragmented temperate rainforest and other natural habitats in the West Cowal area. Read more

Published: 2nd May, 2024

Updated: 4th August, 2025

Author: Julie Young

Argyll & the Isles Rainforest Strategy

Argyll & the Isles Rainforest Strategy

A shared approach to protect, restore, expand and reconnect Argyll's temperate rainforest habitat Read more

Published: 7th May, 2024

Updated: 4th August, 2025

Author: Julie Young

ACT Ecology

ACT Ecology

Ecological consultancy service. Read more

Published: 18th July, 2023

Updated: 4th August, 2025

Author: Julie Young

ACT Rainforest Restoration Package

ACT Rainforest Restoration Package

Read about our exciting Rainforest Restoration Project, which seeks to restore rainforest sites that have been invaded by Rhododendron ponticum, one of the most significant threats to Scotland’s rainforest. Read more

Published: 1st May, 2024

Updated: 4th August, 2025

Author: Julie Young

Knapdale Landscape Scale Restoration Project

Knapdale Landscape Scale Restoration Project

The Knapdale Landscape Scale Restoration Project is currently underway, and we are working with landowners and communities in the area to develop and deliver landscape scale restoration, starting with the control of Rhododendron ponticum. Read more

Published: 2nd May, 2024

Updated: 4th August, 2025

Author: Julie Young

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  • We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

    We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

    New employment opportunity in Argyll's Rainforest

  • Jamie Joyce achieves top-level Carbon Literacy accreditation

    Jamie Joyce achieves top-level Carbon Literacy accreditation

    Jamie Joyce, ACT Climate Manager, has been certified as a Carbon Literacy Consultant, the highest trainer status awarded by the Carbon Literacy Project, recognising his role in helping Argyll and Bute build both a low-carbon future and a climate-ready, resilient region.

  • Grazing for Nature Recovery in Scotland's Rainforest

    Grazing for Nature Recovery in Scotland's Rainforest

    Rare-breed cattle and semi-wild ponies are helping Scotland's rainforest recover on the Morvern peninsula, a reminder that sometimes the answer is letting animals back in rather than fencing them out.

  • Staff Stories

    Staff Stories

    Meet the people behind our work and find out how they got here.

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  • Careers with ACT

    Careers with ACT

    Job opportunities within the ACT team

  • Pesky ponticum (part one) - what's so bad about rhododendron?

    Pesky ponticum (part one) - what's so bad about rhododendron?

    We take a look at why rhododendron is bad for biodiversity and why we are contributing to the control of rhododendron in Argyll.

  • Saving Argyll's Rainforest

    Saving Argyll's Rainforest

    Our demonstration project to save Argyll's rainforest habitat.

  • Our Staff

    Our Staff

    We have a small core team who oversee projects and the day-to-day running of ACT,  and project teams for Climate Change, Outdoor Learning and Nature Restoration.

  • Our finances

    Our finances

    Find copies of our annual accounts here.

  • MAKI Pups - ACT and Mid Argyll's first outdoor nursery

    MAKI Pups - ACT and Mid Argyll's first outdoor nursery

    ACT's outdoor nursery in Kilmory Walled Garden, Lochgilphead.

  • reCycle

    reCycle

    reCycle is a community cycling scheme based in Argyll offering free refurbished bikes, affordable bike repair and servicing, eBike maintenance, and cycle training workshops, helping people of all ages and abilities get confident on two wheels.

  • 5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

    5 places to see rainforest in Argyll

    Suggestions for rainforests to visit in Argyll.

  • ACT Argyll

    ACT Argyll

    Providing job seekers with rural and environmental skills and experience.

  • Join Us

    Join Us

    Love Argyll & the Isles like us? Become an ACT member to have your say, support our work, and make a difference.

We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

New employment opportunity in Argyll's Rainforest Read more

Published: 7th July, 2026

Updated: 10th July, 2026

Author: Julie Young

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