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Scottish Biodiversity Strategy: progress report 2014-2016

Report setting out progress on our ambitions for Scotland’s biodiversity.

Keys

Symbol colour	Status
Red	Requires urgent remedial action
Amber	Requires remedial action
Green	Progress on track

Indicator Category	Colour code & symbol
Biodiversity State Indicator	S
Engagement	E
Natural Heritage Indicator	N
National Performance Framework Indicator	NP

Table 8 - Summary of Biodiversity State Indicators

No.	Indicator	Start	Updated	Trend
S1	Status of biodiversity action plan (BAP priority species^[14]	2008	2008	Archived
S2	Status of biodiversity action plan (BAP) priority habitats^[15]	2008	2008	Archived
S3	Abundance of terrestrial breeding birds	1994	2015
S4	Wintering waterbirds	1975	2014
S5	Breeding seabirds	1986	2015
S6	Vascular Plant diversity	1998	2007	Archived
S6	National Plant Monitoring Scheme	2015	2007	Archived
S7	Woodland diversity	1995	1999	Archived
S7	Potential new indicator being developed following Native Woodland Survey of Scotland	2017	1999	Archived
S8	Butterflies - specialists	1979	2014
S8	Butterflies - generalists	1979	2014
S9	Moths	1975	2004	Archived
S10	Notified species in favourable condition	1999	2016
S11	Notified habitats in favourable condition	1999	2016
S12	Otter	1977	2012	Archived
S13	Freshwater macro-invertebrate diversity	1981	2008	Archived
S13	River Quality	1992	2015	Archived
S14	Marine plankton	1958	2010	Archived
S14	MSFD indicators^[16]	1958	2010	Archived
S15	Estuarine fish	1977	2005	Archived
S17	Non Native species	1950s	2001	Archived

Engagement Indicators

No.	Indicator	Start	Updated	Trend since 2010
E1	Attitudes to biodiversity	2006	2014
E2	Greenspace	2011	2015	Archived
E3	Visits to the outdoors^[17]	2012	2015
E4	Involvement in biodiversity conservation	2010	2015
E5	Membership of biodiversity NGOs	2014	2014

Other Natural Heritage indicators

No.	Indicator	Start	Updated
N2	Built Development	2008	2012
N3	Visual influence of built development	2008	2013
N7	Land & sea of natural heritage importance	2008	2013

National Performance Framework Indicators

	Indicator	Start	Updated	Trend since 2010
	Increase Natural Capital	2000	2014
	Increase people's use of the Outdoors	2006	2016
	Improve access to local greenspace	2013	2015
S3	Abundance of terrestrial breeding birds	1994	2015

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