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Communities Project for Highland Biodiversity

The Communities Project for Highland Biodiversity was a three year £100,000 programme which provided funding and support to 24 local biodiversity projects around Highland. It was supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and received match funding from Highland Council, Scottish Natural Heritage, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and RSPB Scotland. The following is a summary of the outputs from the 24 projects:

• 268 volunteers were directly involved in practical biodiversity projects such as collecting wildflower or tree seed, growing them on and planting them out, or the control of invasive non-native species.
• Over 2,250 people learned about Highland wildlife and took part in a survey or training event.
• Over 1,000 children from 21 schools found out about their local wildlife and took part in practical projects to help it.
• 6 scientific reports and 2 databases have been produced to further the conservation of aspen woodland, wood pasture, marine habitats, elvers and biodiversity generally as well as to help target problems such as invasive non-native species.
• 5 guidance notes, 4 fact sheets, 18 interpretative panels, 1 art wall, 2 wildlife guides, 1 postcard and I tea towel were produced to help raise awareness of biodiversity in Highland.
• The project helped 17 UKBAP priority species and 4 UKBAP priority habitats, as well as many local priority habitats and species.
• 11 or the 24 projects exceeded their agreed targets, 10 met their targets and 3 projects did not meet their targets (largely due to over-ambitious targets or difficulties caused by e.g. project leaders changing jobs).

Click here for a summary of the project outputs and the lessons learned (August 2010)

• Project Outputs (August 2010)
• Lessons Learned (August 2010)

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