ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have demanded legislation at Holyrood to support nature recovery in Scotland.

Thirty-eight organisations, including RSPB Scotland, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and WWF Scotland, have united to launch the Scotland Loves Nature campaign.

They have urged SNP First Minister John Swinney to include new statutory targets halt the decline in nature by 2030 and begin restoring it by 2045 in his inaugural programme for government, expected in September.