The NBN Atlas Scotland has been shortlisted for a prestigious award at the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards 2016.
The shortlist, which was announced on 6th September, represents a cross section of businesses, charities, the public sector and individuals working towards conserving the country’s unique wildlife and natural environment.
The NBN Atlas Scotland has been shortlisted in the Innovation Category of which there are 6 nominations in total:
- NBN Atlas Scotland; building a new biodiversity data infrastructure to support biological recording across Scotland
- Cairngorms Scenic Photo Posts
- The Great Trossachs Forest National Nature Reserve
- “Magic Margins”
- The Scottish Code for Conservation Translocations
- Shetland Peatland Restoration Project
We understand that this category received a considerable number of high calibre projects, so we are thrilled with the news!
Dr Jo Judge, NBN Chief Executive said “We are delighted that the NBN Atlas Scotland has been shortlisted for the ‘Innovation Award’. Building the Atlas has been a truly collaborative project between many partner organisations, and using the Atlas will be a great way of engaging and captivating people with wildlife in Scotland. We are all very excited and are now keeping our fingers crossed for the next stage…!”
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Edinburgh on 24th November. The ceremony will be hosted by wildlife TV presenter Chris Packham as 300 key decision-makers and supporters celebrate Scottish conservation’s outstanding success stories.
Until then, fingers crossed!
