Highland Biodiversity Partnership

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Highland Biodiversity Partnership

The Highland Biodiversity Partnership comprises 20 - 30 representatives from local groups and key organisations committed to understanding, safeguarding, restoring and celebrating biodiversity within the Highland Council area.

Its purpose is to provide guidance and support to the existing network of local biodiversity groups, and to make progress on the key strategic biodiversity issues in the Highlands.

The aims of the Highland Biodiversity Partnership are:

to identify and address strategic and / or pan-Highland biodiversity issues;
to review and monitor biodiversity actions contained within the seven Local Biodiversity Action Plans (LBAPs), with reference to the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Plans;
to provide a link between local groups and national biodiversity strategies, action plans and reporting procedures;
to raise awareness and promote biodiversity by championing individual LBAPs and biodiversity issues generally.

Local Biodiversity Groups

There are seven local groups across Highland. They are made up of locally interested people and agency staff relevant to that area. The groups were originally formed to put together the Local Biodiversity Action Plans and then continued to meet to discuss biodiversity issues relevant to their area, as well as delivering biodiversity projects on the ground. Most groups meet every 2/3 months.

Minutes from meetings

Minutes from meetings of the Highland Biodiversity Partnership and the Local Groups can be downloaded via the links below: