Publication - Impact assessment

Scottish Blue Carbon action plan: islands communities impact assessment

Published: 8 December 2025
From: Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781806434947

Summary of the islands communities impact assessment (ICIA) undertaken for the Scottish Blue Carbon action plan.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Exploring the secrets within Orkney’s seagrass meadows - Project Seagrass

2 Marine Natural Capital - Dumfries and Galloway - Solway Firth Partnership

3 National Islands Plan Survey Final Report

4 Draft Partial Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA) – Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - gov.scot

5 NatureScot Research Report 1326 - Scottish Blue Carbon - a literature review of the current evidence for Scotland’s blue carbon habitats | NatureScot

Contact

Email: marineclimatechange@gov.scot

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