About the Week
Scottish Biodiversity Week has been held annually since 2001. It originally started off as a local initiative in Fife in 2000 and has since grown to become a national fixture in the Scottish calendar.
This year it will run from 15th to 23rd May 2010, taking in International Biodiversity Day (IBD) on 22nd May – the latter is promoted by the Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat. 2010 is a very special year as it also the International Year of Biodiversity as declared by the United Nations.
The aim of Scottish Biodiversity Week is 3-fold.
- Firstly, to stimulate public interest about nature and wildlife through a wide range of enjoyable events
- Secondly, to promote public understanding of biodiversity and its critical role in sustaining all life, and its quality, on Earth.
- And thirdly, to encourage people to take an interest in helping to conserve biodiversity for both current and future generations.
During 2009, scores of events took place around Scotland in a wide range of places including city parks, greenspaces, nature reserves and the wider countryside and coast.
