At the AGM in 2008, the proposal of an e-petition was debated, together with a possible wording. With the approval of the membership, Craig Macadam took the petition forward.
Wording of e-petition
"Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to
establish integrated local and national structures for collecting, analysing
and sharing biological data to inform decision making processes to benefit biodiversity."
See the text of the e-petition in PE1229
See more details of the process at Scottish Parliament e-petitions.
After receiving 718 "signatures" the petition was discussed by the Petitions Committee and
following several meetings between the Committee and representatives of BRISC, a set of recommendations
were put forward by the Science Group to the Scottish Parliament.
Science Group Report April 2010
SBIF - March 2012
SNH has been charged with the setting up of the
Scottish Biodiversity Information Forum, SBIF for short.
SBIF is the response to
BRISC's petition on the management, collection and sharing of
biological data in Scotland. BRISC has been working closely
with SNH in the development of SBIF and the questionnaire
that will soon be launched to identify the key biological
data issues (and opportunities) in Scotland.
SNH have issued Briefing Note explaining the process being undertaken currently.
The questionnaire is available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RVR372Z which can be filled in by any organisation that wishes to participate in the SBIF.