That the Parliament celebrates the designation of the Flow Country by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site; understands that it is the first site designated anywhere in the world for its peatlands, highlighting the fact that it is the most expansive and best preserved blanket bog in the world; applauds the determination and hard work of many people and organisations within the Flow Country Partnership and their supporters to bid successfully for recognition, while working with community members, farmers and crofters to shape the bid; notes what it sees as the importance of peatland both as a nature-based solution to climate change and as a habitat for many endangered animals and plants; acknowledges the support of the Scottish Government and its agencies for peatland restoration, and expresses the hope that efforts to protect and restore peatland and Scotland’s other unique habitats can be redoubled, as foreseen in the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Ariane Burgess, Jackie Dunbar, Joe FitzPatrick, Kenneth Gibson, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Bill Kidd, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Douglas Ross, Mark Ruskell, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Sue Webber