Scottish Biodiversity Forum

The Scottish Biodiversity Forum is a partnership of parties with an interest in biodiversity. It is open to anyone, from individuals to large public bodies, from non-government environmental organisations to business, from national government to Local Biodiversity Action Plan partnerships.

What can you do

Visit the What can You do?  section of our website to find out how you can get involved.

Partner organisations

Looking after our biodiversity is something that concerns each and every one of us. A very wide range of organisations and individuals are closely involved at every level, from making policy to carrying out conservation work in the field.

The Scottish Biodiversity Forum (SBF) is a broad based working partnership of Government, its agencies, local authorities, voluntary bodies, farmers, fishermen, foresters, business and scientists. The Forum has an open membership allowing all who enjoy, manage and value our biodiversity to contribute to its future. Some of the larger organisations involved in the SBF are listed below.

Public bodies

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) 

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) 

The Forestry Commission Scotland   

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)   

The Scottish Government 

Non governmental organisations

There is a wide range of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who campaign on behalf of their members to protect aspects of biodiversity. Many of these NGOs are active participants in the Scottish Biodiversity Forum.

A few of the larger NGOs are:

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland 

The Scottish Wildlife Trust   

The National Trust for Scotland 

Many environmental NGOs collaborate under the umbrella organisation Scottish Environment Link  .

Business and the private sector

It is not just the public sector or NGOs that can make a difference to biodiversity. Business also has an enormous impact on the natural world. More and more businesses are becoming aware of this, and keen to take action to make their business more biodiversity-friendly, as part of their commitment to sustainable development.