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Highland Biodiversity Project

The Highland Biodiversity Project was initiated in 2002 as a two year project aiming to raise awareness and identify and initiate priority actions for biodiversity across the Highlands, through an action planning process strongly influenced by local people. The project was funded by The Highland Council, Scottish Natural Heritage, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise and RSPB Scotland with match funding from the Highlands & Islands Special Transitional Programme.

Seven Local Biodiversity Action Plans (LBAPs) were produced for the area of Caithness, Sutherland, Wester Ross, Ross & Cromarty East, Skye & Lochalsh, Lochaber and Inverness & Nairn. Over forty community-led practical projects and awareness-raising events received funding from the Project.

In addition, the Project commissioned a collection of over 400 images of Caithness for community use as part of an interpretive project, piloted a Marine Innovation Award Scheme and undertook a survey of the hay meadows of Skye, Lochalsh and Lochaber.

A summary of the project outputs can be downloaded here:

• Highland Biodiversity Project Summary of Progress (2005)

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