The University of St Andrews Biodiversity Working Group

Welcome to the web pages of the Biodiversity Working Group.

The purpose of the Biodiversity Working Group is to write and update the University Biodiversity Strategy and the University Biodiversity Action Plan. We also facilitate and carry out the actions of the University Biodiversity Action Plan.

The Biodiversity Working Group also supervises the monitoring of the biodiversity on the University’s estate so that the University can reach its 2035 target of 60% of University land being managed with biodiversity as a priority, and for the University’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for biodiversity to be positive (so increasing species richness, quality of habitats for biodiversity and increasing engagement with biodiversity on University land through time). Monitoring is carried out through the Vertically Integrated Program module Biodiversity Literacy, where students organise and carry out the mapping of species and habitats, setting up and maintaining the monitoring systems, facilitating wider engagement and reporting of the final KPIs.

Have a look here at what we are doing at St Andrews to be biodiversity positive, and please get involved.

Contact Eliza Patton [email protected] Sustainability coordinator and administrator or Professor Will Cresswell [email protected] chair of the Biodiversity Working Group