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INPRACTICE 57.Indd Number 57 • September 2007 In Practice Bulletin of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Ecology in Scotland IEEM Awards Evening INFORMATION Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management In Practice No. 57, Sep 2007. ISSN 1754-4882 Editor for this issue: Jason Reeves IEEM aims to raise the profi le of the profession of ecology and environmental management, to establish, maintain and enhance professional standards, and to promote an ethic of In Practice is published quarterly by the Institute of Ecology environmental care within the profession and to clients and and Environmental Management. It is supplied to all members employers of the members. of IEEM and is also available by subscription (£30 per year, UK. Patrons: Prof. David Bellamy £40 overseas). Prof. Tony Bradshaw In Practice will publish news, comments, technical papers, Sir Martin Doughty letters, Institute news, reviews and listings of meetings, events Prof. Charles Gimingham and courses. In Practice invites contributions on any aspect Mr John Humphrys of ecology and environmental management but does not aim Dr Duncan Poore to publish scientifi c papers presenting the results of original The Earl of Selborne and research. Contributions should be sent to the Editor at the Baroness Barbara Young IEEM offi ce (address below). President: Dr Andy Tasker Opinions expressed by contributors to In Practice are not Vice-President: Dr Eirene Williams necessarily supported by the Institute. Readers should seek appropriate professional guidance relevant to their individual Secretary: Mr Mike Barker circumstances before following any advice provided herein. 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In Practice is printed on Revive Silk, a 100% recycled The membership year is 1 October – 30 September. paper (100% post consumer waste). © Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management IEEM is a member of: The Institute is immensely grateful to those organisations below who have made fi nancial contributions or provided substantial ‘help in kind’ to support its activities during 2007 British Ecological Society Countryside Council for Wales EDITORIAL AND CONTENTS Editorial cotland now has a new administration led by the Scottish Contents SNational Party (SNP), which has pledged an ‘all-out-drive’ to transform environmental performance and make Scotland greener. Five themes have been identified: climate change; Information 2 sustainable places; people and nature; consumption and Editorial and Contents 3 production; and people and landscapes. The government intends to publish plans to deliver the next phase of the Scottish Biosphere Reserves in Scotland 4 - 7 - A Lost Cause? Biodiversity Strategy by spring 2008. Brigitte Geddes The Scottish theme of this issue of In Practice is timely as Scotland is moving The Species Action Framework 8 - 10 forward into a new era of sustainability and environmental protection. Nine key - Managing Key Species in Scotland organisations working in rural affairs and the environment have been tasked by Martin Gaywood Scottish Ministers to draw up proposals to deliver a single Rural Environment Service within a year, with the aim of building a simpler, more efficient service, The Cairn Gorm Monitoring Scheme 11 - 13 operating as a single body, but without any change in legislation. This will include Cathy Mordaunt CEnv MIEEM Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency Progression into the Profession 14 - 15 (SEPA) and others. In addition, the former Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) has been restructured and now comprises Anonymous Student Member five Directorates. The Directorate responsible for rural delivery will be included in IEEM Awards Evening 16 - 17 the Rural Environment Service. It remains to be seen whether this ‘streamlining’ Jason Reeves AIEEM will produce real benefits for the environment and there has been a mixed response from professionals to date. Scrutiny and Standards 18 - 19 Linda Yost CEnv MIEEM Legislative ‘streamlining’ is also on the way and the government is to begin consulting on a Climate Change Bill. Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Wildlife Crimes and Misdemeanours: 20 - 21 Sustainable Growth, John Swinney, said Scotland could have the most demanding Is There a Case for Blowing the statutory targets in the world and could be at the front of the global fight against Whistle climate change. He wants Scotland to become the green energy capital of Lisa Kerslake MIEEM Europe, although it is to be hoped that this does not mean purely wind energy Letter to the Editor 22 but will include other renewables such as tidal and wave power. This leads nicely Sue Bell CEnv MIEEM on to the proposed new Scottish Marine Bill, which should deliver a simpler regulatory system for the marine environment, more action on marine nature Institute News 23 - 24 conservation, a strategic national approach and greater local control over marine Geographic Section News 25 - 31 and coastal areas. SocEnv, EFAEP and IUCN News 32 There are many challenges facing environmental professionals in Scotland, not least how to balance development with conservation, such as the golf links In the Journals 33 - 37 proposed north of Aberdeen by Donald Trump. Land management in Scotland is Recent Publications 39 also a major issue but in areas such as the Cairngorms National Park there are numerous initiatives to work at a landscape scale, such as the Forest Habitat News in Brief 40 - 41 Network. Balancing recreation and conservation in wild areas is a challenge Tauro-Scatology 42 facing Cairn Gorm Mountain and is described in the article by Cathy Mordaunt. New and Prospective Members 43 Scotland has many conservation successes, such as red kite and sea eagle reintroductions, which are now being extended to the east coast. The article on Diary 44 the Species Action Framework sets out the criteria for the Species Action List which focuses on the implementation of targeted management actions, including dealing with non-native invasive species. Overall in Scotland there has been a change from protecting habitats and species in isolation to integrating humans and the natural world in a more holistic and sustainable way. This starts with education. A love of nature comes from childhood experience and we need to find ways to restore our natural connections if we are to effect change from the inside to the outside. Kathy Dale CEnv FIEEM Cover image: Professor Tony Principal Ecologist, EnviroCentre Limited Bradshaw FRS FIEEM receives the IEEM Medal from Sir John Harman, Chairman of the Environment Agency. Correction Photography: David Barratt, PhotoShot The Envisage Wildcare leaflet enclosed with the previous edition of In Practice Artwork on the cover will normally advertised badger fencing as ‘Highways Agency Approved.’ Please note that the illustrate an article in, or the theme of, Highways Agency does not operate an approvals system for this type of product. the current issue. The Editor would be pleased to consider any such material from authors. ECOLOGY IN SCOTLAND Biosphere Reserves in Scotland - A Lost Cause? Assessing the Potential for a New Biosphere Reserve in the Kyle of Sutherland Brigitte Geddes, IEEM Student Member University of the Highlands and Islands The History of Biosphere Reserves in Scotland n 2002 Scotland lost four of its eight Biosphere IReserves (BRs, cf. UNESCO Man and the Biosphere websites). This was not for any neglect of biodiversity objectives - far from it. It was quite simply because these Reserves did not fulfil the 1970s UNESCO objectives redefined for the 21st Century at the Seville Conference of the international Man and the Biosphere Committee in Seville, 1995. Amongst other things, it was found that they all lacked areas providing ‘an opportunity to explore and demonstrate approaches to sustainable development on a regional scale’, and ‘a management policy or plan for the areas as a biosphere reserve, or designated authority or mechanism to implement this policy or plan...’ In the course of collating evidence for a dissertation exploring the potential for setting up a new BR in the Kyle of Sutherland (some 70 km north of Inverness), the author was able to establish that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is one of the major agencies involved in managing our Scottish BRs. It is therefore hardly surprising that none of the de-listed
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