Scotland's Wildlife â an assessment of biodiversity in 20

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Objective No. Target Action No. Action End date End Date (FY) Lead Partner Progress Traffic light status Comments on progress 2 LBAPs have the tools to publicise their activities and engage local people in them 2 LBAPs have the tools to publicise their activities and engage local people in them 2 LBAPs have the tools to publicise their activities and engage local people in them 2.1a Co-ordinate Scottish Biodiversity Week in 2008, incorporating International Biodiversity Day on 22nd May. 2.1b Run a research contract to evaluate Scottish Biodiversity Week 2008. 2.1c Co-ordinate Scottish Biodiversity Week or alternative events in 2009 & 2010 based on the evaluation of Scottish Biodiversity Week 2008 and the Biodiversity Communications Strategy. May-08 2008/09 BIT Completed Green Biodiversity Week 2008 was held between 19th and 25th of May. The Minister and SNH's Chief Scientist launched the Week. 140 events were held and advertised through the website and through national and local press and radio. The website was updated: www.snh.gov.uk/biodiversityweek, a highly successful nature photography competition was held, 20,000 bumblebee friendly seed packs were distributed to event organisers, 40,000 pamphlets advertising the Week were circulated widely. The Scotsman newspaper ran features on the Week on five consecutive days. Other national and local press coverage was achieved. International Biodiversity Day was incorporated into the publicity for the Week. Feb-09 2009/10 BIT Completed Green A formal research contract was not let but an evaluation was carried out. This showed that Biodiversity Week is valued by both organisers and attendees as a way of communicating the importance of biodiversity conservation. Dec-10 2010/11 BIT Completed Green Biodiversity Week 2009 took place between 16th and 24th May. A successful nature photography competition was held on the theme of the "Colours of Nature". Biodiversity Week 2010 took place between the 15th and 23rd of May. 208 events took place. The nature photography competition on the theme of "Emotions" attracted 300 entries. The top 30 entries were developed into an exhibition and entered as part of Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. The exhibition will tour key cities and towns that the photographers are from in 2010 and for part of 2011. 117
Objective No. Target Action No. Action End date End Date (FY) Lead Partner Progress Traffic light status Comments on progress 2 Determine the opportunities to fill practical conservation skills gaps. 2 Increase the number of volunteers involved in delivering local and national BAP priorities 2.2a Conduct a scoping/ feasibility study to identify what conservation skills gaps exist & determine if it would be possible to develop & implement, in partnership with LBAP partners and others, an apprenticeship programme for students, to gain skills to aid their future employment prospects within nature conservation. 2.3a Review, in partnership with LBAP partners, the scope for local opportunities for volunteering linked to LBAP delivery. Jun-09 2009/10 SNH Abandoned Red BTCV already run an apprenticeship scheme focussed on biodiversity skills, and this will continue into 2011. SNH is exploring the potential to continue and develop this scheme further with BTCV. Dec-09 2009/10 SNH Completed Green This is covered by a volunteering plan being developed by SNH in 2009/10. SNH let a contract to investigate successful approaches to volunteer involvement in LBAP delivery using Scottish based examples. The outputs to this contract included production of 12 case studies and a short report bringing together the main factors which led to successful volunteer involvement and key learning points emerging from each case study. 2011 is European Year of Volunteering and International Year of Volunteers. 118
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Scottish Natural Heritage Scotland
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Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Foreword Roseanna Cunningham, MSP M
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1 Introduction Biodiversity is the
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2 Executive summary Biodiversity is
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2.2 Scotland’s biodiversity indic
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Fluctuating 1. Marine fishing place
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A summary of condition assessments
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3 The biodiversity of Scotland
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Collectively, Sites of Special Scie
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together with the adaptation of nat
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conservation bodies, agri-environme
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4 Climate change
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4.2 Coastal and marine In the seas
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Section B
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5 Coastal and marine ecosystems
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of Scotland and the north-west of I
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Condition of notified features in p
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The overall appraisal of coastal an
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5.4 Wildlife indicators Environment
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identifying a short list of ‘mari
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6 Lowland and farmland ecosystems 6
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Figure 6.3 Change in extent of neut
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lowland dry acid grassland; lowland
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6.4 Wildlife indicators Butterfly t
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7 Freshwater and wetland ecosystems
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The development of river basin mana
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cristatus; white-clawed freshwater
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7.5 Action for biodiversity The fiv
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8 Woodland ecosystems 8.1 Habitat e
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8.2 Habitat condition Based on 464
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Table 8.2 Trends in woodland priori
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9 Upland ecosystems The extent and
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Dwarf shrub heath Dwarf shrub heath
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Four habitats assessed in 2005 were
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