| Description | This report summarises Scotland's progress in terms of meeting international obligations on biodiversity. |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | February 26, 2002 |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report is intended as an overview; interested readers should refer to the following key documents as their primary source:
- A Flying Start - Local Biodiversity Action Plans in Scotland, edited Abernethy V and Scott M, 2001
- Action for Scotland's Biodiversity, by Usher M, Bain C and Kerr S and members of the Scottish Biodiversity Group, 2000
- Biodiversity in Scotland: The Way Forward, Scottish Biodiversity Group, 1997
- Local Biodiversity Action Plans - A Manual and Guidance Notes, CoSLA, 1999
- Biodiversity: Lead Partner Reporting Analysis, Kerr & Booth, 2000
- Sustaining the variety of life: 5 years of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, DETR, 2001
- Biodiversity Counts: delivering a better quality of life, Avery M, Bourn N, Davis R, Everitt J, Halahan R, Harper R, Parsons M, Phillips M, Sands T, Williams G and Wynde R. Biodiversity Challenge: Butterfly Conservation, Friends of the Earth, Plantlife, The RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts and WWF-UK, 2001
This work was carried out by a team led by Dr. Mary-Ann Smyth (RSK ERA), with input from an expert panel comprising Dr Simon Allen (Centre for the Study of Environmental Change and Sustainability, University of Edinburgh), Carol Crawford (Natural Resource Consultancy) and Janet Barber (UK Forum for the Future). The team are independent of the Scottish Biodiversity Group, although the main author is on a working group of her Local Biodiversity Action Plan.
The team wish to thank the project Steering Group:
John Ramsay - SEERAD
Ian Bainbridge - SEERAD
Steve Atkins - SNH
Gill Clark - CRU
We also thank all those who helped by phone and e-mail, and the consultees:
Jane Dalgleish - SEERAD, SBG chair
Michael Usher - SNH, SBG Action Plan Group chair
John Henderson - SEERAD, SBG Agriculture Group chair
Hugh Morison - Scottish Whisky Association - SBG Business Group chair
Bob Kay - Scottish Landowners Federation - SBG Education Group chair
John Sheldon - CoSLA - Local Biodiversity Action Plans chair
Jeff Watson and Andy Douse - SNH
James Curran and Scott Mathieson - SEPA
Alister Jones - Forestry Commission
Mike Scott - Plantlife
Clifton Bain and Stuart Housden - RSPB
Kevin Dunion - Friends of the Earth
Alistair Somerville - Scottish Wildlife Trust
John Randall - Scottish Executive
Vicky Abernethy - Local Biodiversity Action Co-ordinator, Scotland
Alison Barnes - Local Biodiversity Action Co-ordinator, England
Mary Gibby- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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