Publication - Progress report
Scottish biodiversity strategy: report to Parliament 2020 to 2024
This report outlines and summarises progress against actions undertaken during the period 2020-2024 to address the seven outcomes and associated key steps set out in the 2020 Challenge for Scotland’s Biodiversity.
Introduction
The international context
The Scottish Biodiversity Strategy sits within a broad framework encompassing global, EU, UK and Scottish strategies, agreements and legislation as illustrated below.
- UN Rio Summit and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 1992
- UK Biodiversity Action Plan, 1994
- Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, 1992
- Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004
- Scotland’s Biodiversity: It’s In Your Hands. A Strategy for The Conservation and Enhancement of Biodiversity in Scotland, 2004
- EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, 2008
- Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
- North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy (NEAES) 2030
- The CBD Aichi Biodiversity Targets 2011-2020
- Wildlife & Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011
- UK Marine Strategy, 2012
- 2020 Challenge for Scotland’s Biodiversity & Route Map
- Edinburgh Process & Edinburgh Declaration
- EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
- Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Post-2020: Statement of Intent
- The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 2022
- Consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity, 2023
- UK Biodiversity Framework 2024
Contact
Email: biodiversity@gov.scot