South Lanarkshire Biodiversity Partnership

Biodiversity includes the whole variety of living things; plants, animals and microbes, and includes all the places where they're found. It is the diversity of life, from genes to whole ecosystems.

The new draft Biodiversity action plan draft 2010 (6MB PDF) (this document will open in a new window) is currently out for consultation and the Biodiversity strategic environmental assessment (4MB PDF) (this document will open in a new window).

Copies of the documents are also available from the main council offices and libraries. We would appreciate your feedback on the draft action plan. Please complete Biodiversity draft strategy snap survey (this link will open in a new window) or you can request a comments form from the biodiversity team. The consultation period ends on 31 July 2010.

South Lanarkshire Biodiversity Partnership (SLBP) was established in 1997 as a local response to the internationally agreed Convention on Biological Diversity, signed by the United Kingdom government at the earth summit in Rio de Janeiro, 1992. The aim of the convention is to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity (biodiversity) to the benefit of us all. As such, it is a key component of sustainable development. The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 places a statutory duty upon every public body to further the conservation of biodiversity and the SLBP contributes towards meeting this duty.

For further information please contact the South Lanarkshire Biodiversity partnership.

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