Review delivery objectives of Better Biodiversity Data Project, including a new National Hub for Biodiversity Data in Scotland providing services across national and local scale.
Objective 4: Protect and support the recovery of vulnerable and important species and habitats
Priority Action 21. Develop effective species reintroduction and reinforcement programmes.
There is no single publicly published delivery report confirming completion or operational delivery of a National Biodiversity Data Hub providing integrated national-to-local services at scale.
NatureScot and Scottish Government biodiversity strategy materials confirm ongoing work to improve biodiversity data infrastructure, including integration of recording systems and improved accessibility of species and habitat data, but this is described at programme and development level rather than as a fully implemented national hub service.
NatureScot’s biodiversity data services (including National Biodiversity Network Scotland participation and online species data systems) provide existing infrastructure for biodiversity records and reporting, but these operate as distributed systems rather than a single unified “national hub” covering all biodiversity data functions across Scotland.
Existing systems such as NBN Atlas Scotland already support biodiversity recording and data sharing, providing an evidence base for conservation decision-making, but NatureScot and partner materials indicate that gaps remain in data integration, standardisation, and accessibility across national and local levels.
As the Better Biodiversity Data Project and proposed National Biodiversity Data Hub are not yet evidenced as fully implemented operational systems, ecological benefits remain dependent on future delivery of integrated data infrastructure rather than current system-wide impact.
National Biodiversity Network Scotland (NBN Atlas Scotland)
NatureScot data services
Develop effective species recovery, reintroduction and reinforcement programmes drawing on partnership work on Species at Risk prioritisation, Species on the Edge programme, and evaluation of drivers.
Develop and implement national plans for conserving species groups for which Scotland holds internationally important populations including lichens and bryophytes (end of 2025), freshwater pearl mussels (end of 2028), herptiles (end of 2025) and national curlew plan (end of 2027).
Undertake measures to reduce human pressures to give habitats and species (especially specialists; arctic/alpine) more chance of surviving and improve the status of red listed species in Scotland.
Assess genetic diversity risks across Scotland and ensure mitigation of genetic diversity risks via Gene Conservation Units and other means. Genetic Scorecards for 50 marine and terrestrial species compiled and published by end 2025. Twenty-five Gene Conservation Units registered by mid-2025, with 50 registered by end-2028.
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