The 2-year Better Biodiversity Data (BBD) project was delivered between 2023-2025.

Supported by NatureScot and the Scottish Government, BBD addressed three objectives for:

i) A nationwide partnership providing biodiversity data services on behalf of Scotland

ii) A fit-for-purpose Data Management and Digital Services System, providing financially sustainable value-added services to users, and

iii) A well connected and functional biodiversity data community and infrastructure in Scotland, following FAIR and Open Data principles, across all sectors.  

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The BBD project has laid the foundations for a Scottish Biodiversity Services Consortium (SBSC) and commenced development and established a roadmap for a new Data Management and Digital Services System. The BBD team has worked with the wider biodiversity data community to explore biodiversity data flows in Scotland, advocated for ongoing support of the biodiversity data infrastructure to policymakers and facilitated the work of the Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum (SBIF). The BBD project concluded by outlining recommendations for the next phase of work required to embed the SBSC and deliver an operational Data Management and Digital Services System. 

Read the BBD project Output Report