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EALA has taken the swan as its motif. The EALA participants explored a number of resources related to swans, and other birds in both Scotland and the Arctic using online resources and digital repositories of images. This image of a nest of a Whooper Swan is from a collection of images held by the Biodiversity Hertiage Library from the book by R.H. Porter (1904) Three summers among the birds of Russian Lapland, London. Source: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40161711
Biodiversity of the Arctic is a key safeguarding focus for the Arctic Council. You can read a full account of this here at the Arctic Council’s safeguarding the Arctic biodiversity pages.
“Ever since its establishment, environmental protection has been at the core of the work of the Arctic Council. In the Council’s founding document, the Ottawa Declaration, the eight Arctic States affirmed their commitment to protect the Arctic environment and healthy ecosystems, to maintain Arctic biodiversity, to conserve and enable sustainable use of natural resources. It does so through defined actions based on scientific recommendations.”
Quote Extract available from: https://arctic-council.org/explore/topics/biodiversity/
NatureScot operates to manages Scotland’s biodiversity. In December 2020 the Scottish Government published the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Post-2020: A Statement of Intent. This paved the way for the Scotland’s new, ambitious 25-year strategy drafted and review, to be published in Spring 2023.
“Our work contributes to the Scottish Government’s purpose of “creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth.” NatureScot
Scotland’s natural capital plays an important role in:
supporting economic growth
improving health and well-being
reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping us to adapt to climate change
strengthening communities
Image detail: The image relates to Wildlife and biodiversity Discussion theme at the Scottish National Rural Network regional event in Orkney. The event took place on 28th May 2010 at the St Magnus Centre in Kirkwall. You can find out more about the Rural Network at www.ruralgateway.org.uk.
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