Nature Objectives

A12. Cairngorms Nature Index

This Partnership Plan is underpinned by robust evidence and data, ensuring that the activities we are proposing lead to demonstrable improvements on the ground. Data will also help identify and inform any changes that are required in our delivery mechanisms as we move towards 2045.

Image of a person holding a small twinflower plant in their hand. Photo by Ed Smith.The Cairngorms Nature Index is crucial to this process, providing a baseline for the quality and extent of key ecosystems in the National Park and a robust framework to monitor change and evaluate success over time.

We will use this data to better target resources and action in the National Park, and to understand the impact that our policies and projects are having to ensure that we are able to meet our 2030 and 2045 targets for biodiversity.

Key Objectives and targets

Develop a more complete understanding of the National Park’s species, habitats and ecosystems, and help monitor long-term progress through a dedicated Cairngorms Nature Index.

Develop and roll out the Cairngorms Nature Index by 2024.

•      Establish the Cairngorms Nature Index.

•      Establish a Cairngorms Nature Atlas / data portal.

•      Monitor changes in Special Landscape Qualities.

•      Heritage Horizons: Cairngorms 2030 programme.

Cairngorms Nature partnership

Facts

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of the UK's rare and endangered species are found in the Cairngorms
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of the National Park will be managed principally for ecosystem restoration by 2045