Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 - Tackling the Nature Emergency in Scotland

13th December 2022

Why do we need a biodiversity strategy?

We are at a critical juncture. Our failure to address the mutually reinforcing twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change is already impacting on our economy, society and wider wellbeing.

The strategy sets out a nature positive vision for Scotland, one where biodiversity is regenerating and underpinning a healthy and thriving economy and society and playing a key role in addressing climate change.

The Scottish Biodiversity Strategy will sit alongside Scotland's Climate Change Plan and, through developing and driving investment in nature based solutions, will play a significant role in delivering our commitment to Net Zero.

In its own right, it sets out how we will protect and regenerate biodiversity to ensure the sustainable flow of ecosystem services on which we all depend.

The strategy also speaks to the huge economic and social opportunities regenerating our biodiversity will bring - in terms of new investment, new job opportunities for communities and our overall health and wellbeing.

The Scottish Biodiversity Strategy is for everyone - large corporate players, small businesses, land managers, non-government organisations and Scotland's communities and citizens whose decisions in everyday lives as producers and consumers have an impact on biodiversity.

Only by coming together to deliver transformational change in the way we use and manage our resources can we avoid irreversible damage to biodiversity.

To read the full strategy paper go HERE