 Scottish Environment Link will champion Scotland's green issues |
Environmental organisations in Scotland are to join forces and publish their own agenda for EU elections in June. A total of 26 organisations - who have come together under an umbrella group - are planning hustings and a postcard campaign to gain public support.
Friends of the Earth, the RSPB, the Ramblers Association and the National Trust are among those who have joined the Scottish Environment Link.
Together they represent about 500,000 supporters in Scotland.
The group wants politicians to respond more to public interest in issues such as water quality, climate change, waste reduction and environmental justice for the country's poorer communities.
On Tuesday, the group is set to kick-start its campaign by unfurling a specially adapted European flag, with conservation symbols in place of the usual stars.
Group members believe unless the politicians respond to high public interest in environmental issues, the turnout at the European elections on 10 June will drop even below the 25% recorded last time.
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