Biodiversity Strategy reporting

https://www.nature.scot/scotlands-biodiversity/scottish-biodiversity-strategy/biodiversity-strategy-reporting

Read reports on the progress made in achieving the aims of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy.

Biodiversity Strategy Reporting

Scottish Government has sets out the approach to governance, monitoring and evaluation for Scotland's strategic framework for biodiversity, which includes the biodiversity strategy to 2045, delivery plan and statutory nature restoration targets.

  • The Scottish biodiversity Strategy: The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 requires a report on Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy to be laid before Parliament every three years. These reports us biodiversity indicators to establish whether we have met the outcomes set out in the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy. The first for the current Biodiversity Strategy will be published in 2027.
  • The Delivery Plan: As well as reporting on the SBS outcomes, progress on the Delivery Plan action is also monitored, evaluation and reported on by Scottish Government.

  • Nature Restoration Targets: Under the Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026, Scottish Ministers must report on progress toward meeting statutory biodiversity targets at least once every three years. Additionally, a full review of the target topics and the targets themselves must be conducted at least once every ten years.

     

Historic Scottish Biodiversity Strategy reports

See below previous reports on the progress against the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy.

 

International biodiversity reporting

We are required to provide updates on Scotland’s progress towards international biodiversity  targets, as laid out by the CBD, to the UK. These updates feed into the UK National Reports. The latest, the 7th National Report, outlines that the UK is on track to achieve three of the 23 targets by 2030. These national progress reports are complied by the CBD in the global assessment to indicate whether the world is on track to meet the targets.

NatureScot have previously published a report on the reaching the 2020 Aichi Targets.

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