Annex 4: References and Bibliography

Scottish Trunk Road Network Asset Management Policy

Scottish Trunk Road Network Asset Management Strategy

SEPA Developments on Peat and Off-Site Uses of Waste Peat Background

SEPA Planning Advice Note - Assessing the impact of developments on peatland and carbon rich soils

SEPA Regulatory guidance - Promoting the sustainable reuse of greenfield soils in construction

SEPA Biodiversity position statement

Species reintroductions

Standard methods for assessment of soil biodiversity and land use practice

State of Nature Scotland Report

Statement from Plantlife Scotland: Scottish Government’s biodiversity strategy may not be enough to restore nature

State of Nature report shows Scotland’s wildlife continues to decline

Strengthening implementation of the mitigation hierarchy: managing biodiversity risk for conservation gains

Tackling the Nature Emergency: Consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity

Tackling the Nature Emergency: Prioritising Actions for the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Delivery Plan – Methodology

The Big Biodiversity Layer: BBL One

The biomass distribution on Earth

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

The Environment Strategy for Scotland: vision and outcomes

The good verge guide

The management of roadside verges for biodiversity, Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 551

The Problem with Deer

The spread of a wild plant pathogen is driven by the road network

Trade, transport and trouble: managing invasive species pathways in an era of globalization

Transport Scotland Biodiversity Reporting Duty 2021-2023

Transport Scotland Directorates

Transport Scotland’s Approach to Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

Transport Scotland's landscape policy: Fitting Landscapes

Transport Scotland Trunk Road Information Manual: Requirements and Additional Information

Trunk Road Adaptation Plan: Preparing Scotland’s Roads for a Changing Climate

Trunk Road Network Natural Capital Baseline and Account

Understanding Humanity’s Role in Biodiversity Loss: 5 Elements of Accelerating Species Extinctions

Understanding the Indirect Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Scotland. NatureScot Research Report 1309

Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction

Water-resilient places - surface water management and blue-green infrastructure: policy framework

Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill

White-tailed Eagle – a successful conservation story

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

Woodland Trust Key tree pests and diseases

WWF Living Planet Report 2024