Tackling nature loss report – 2021 a ‘big year’ for nature - NatureScot
A new report reveals progress made to tackle biodiversity loss in Scotland and the challenges ahead.
NatureScot has published its Biodiversity Duty Report 2018-2020, detailing the work done in recent years to tackle nature loss and the opportunities and challenges 2021 will bring, with much still to be achieved.
Highlights in the report include:
- Putting more than 25,000 hectares of Scottish peatland on the road to recovery to lock in carbon, improve water quality and reduce flooding.
- Protecting 37 per cent of our seas through Marine Protected Areas.
- Leading an ambitious partnership to protect and enhance habitats for some of Scotland’s most endangered species including the great yellow bumblebee, wading birds such as lapwing and curlew, and the Scottish primrose.
- Delivering more than £4 million worth of habitat and species restoration work all over Scotland through Biodiversity Challenge Funds.
- Creating pollinator networks, making Scotland a place where pollinators, such as bees and hoverflies, can thrive.
- Investing in Green Infrastructure, bringing nature close to where people work and live, and providing nature-based solutions to climate change, flood alleviation, water quality and equitable access to good quality green space.
- Creating a genetic diversity indicator for wild species that can be used by any country in the world to help ensure we maintain genetic diversity for the future.
- Working closely with land managers and farmers to develop eco-farming methods.
NatureScot’s Biodiversity Duty Report for 2018-2020 can be found here.
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Posted On: 05/01/2021