Nature in action
The biodiversity crisis is upon us and we have seen a huge reduction in our wildlife across East Lothian. Wildlife is essential for all life. How do we support wildlife across the region for nature to recover, whilst being mindful of nature needs in our urban spaces to our coasts, and being aware of the current agricultural reality of East Lothian?
East Lothian Biodiversity Collective
The East Lothian Biodiversity Collective aims to support biodiversity enhancement across East Lothian by connecting people, groups and projects together, building our knowledge and supporting and uplifting local projects. This is an open space of learning and mutual support, to help us increase, grow and upscale biodiversity in East Lothian.
The Biodiversity Collective will meet regularly at on site visits, have knowledge exchanges between projects, be a place of mutual support such as advice and resources, and create space for thinking about more ambitious action across East Lothian. We are aware of the crossover between biodiversity and food growing and will share opportunities between these themes and have the occasional joint site visit.
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East Lothian Nature Projects
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Hedgerow Restoration
East Lothian’s pathway to a greener, resilient ecosystem The East Lothian Climate Hub is raising funds to restore our local biodiversity, landscape and traditional skills Imagine a landscape stitched back together; where a network of thriving hedgerows connect, forming resilient green corridors alive with birdsong and pollinators. Right now, hedgerows in East Lothian and across…
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Your Visions: Climate Creativity Collaboration
East Lothian-wide Vision for a Thriving, Sustainable Future What will be happening in East Lothian in 2040 if we all did everything we could to tackle climate change and support nature to flourish? What would it look like? How would it be different from now? East Lothian Vision for a thriving, sustainable future in 2040 The East…
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Biodiversity Circle
Status: Establishing | Created: 03/07/2026 | Next review: 05/07/2026
Aim
The Biodiversity Circle provides the means by which the ELCAN community might influence and shape ELCAN’s decision making on Biodiversity so that it is aligned with the East Lothian Local Biodiversity Action Plan and feeds into and helps ensure delivery of the ELCAN 5 year strategy.
Domain
The Biodiversity Circle will:
- Review and assess progress on delivery of the East Lothian Local Biodiversity Action Plan – working collaboratively with the Policy Circle.
- Against the Local Biodiversity Action Plan:
- Represent ELCAN on the East Lothian Biodiversity Partnership
- Feed into ELCAN’s 5 year strategy (Biodiversity work)
- Provide a steer to the East Lothian Climate Hub’s work on Biodiversity (which projects are developed/ taken up)
- Be a key link between the Council’s Biodiversity team and ELCAN
- Support fundraising efforts for ELCAN projects for biodiversity
- Help steer the Biodiversity Collective to enable it to flourish and help meet the objectives of the Biodiversity Collective. As part of this to help feed into the yearly programme of events for the East Lothian Biodiversity Collective
- Report into the ELCAN general circle to ensure cohesive work
Circle Members
| Role | Name |
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| Lead | Jo Gibb |