Welcome Richard Davison
Strategy & Communications Manager Scottish Natural Heritage
The variety of life on Earth, or ‘biodiversity’, is our greatest asset. It supports our economy, provides us with food and fuel, keeps us healthy and gives us fantastic opportunities for enjoyment. But biodiversity is under threat, and for this reason the United Nations have declared 2010 as International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). People are very much part of biodiversity and we can all help to make sure that the decline is stopped. Doing one thing to support biodiversity in 2010 is the theme of the Scottish celebration of IYB. Along with the Scottish Government and other national bodies, we’ve come up with six ways that people can help biodiversity in 2010 and beyond. Find out more in the IYB feature in this issue of The Nature of Scotland, which also reports on how successful Scotland has been at maintaining and improving our biodiversity. It’s usually committed people who make a big difference to biodiversity, and celebrating their success is an important way to encourage others. So we’ve got articles on how the police and others are working to reduce wildlife crime; the land managers who are taking on schemes to help wildlife through Scotland’s Rural Development Programme; and a project that’s raising awareness of how moorland can be managed to benefit biodiversity.
One great way that all of us can get more involved is simply to go out and enjoy Scotland’s nature and landscapes. The public certainly did that 200 years ago after reading Sir Walter Scott’s poem Lady of the Lake. Set in the Trossachs, this remarkable poem created Scotland’s first tourism boom, and in this issue you can read about plans to celebrate the anniversary of this historic publication. We also have features on an innovative health walks project and a guide to one of this country’s great seabird colonies. Farther afield, we look at the work of our sister agency in Slovenia and the wonderful wildlife and landscapes of that country. I hope you enjoy this issue of The Nature of Scotland and that it inspires you to do one thing for Scotland’s biodiversity in 2010.
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