Nature and biodiversity training | Online | 13 & 20 October 2025

Who is this training for?

Organisations or individuals wanting to learn about the importance of nature and biodiversity, and action they can take to help restore key systems, plants and species that are so important to maintaining life on earth.

This training will help you understand and re-connect with the natural systems, wildlife and plants that support Scotland to flourish in so many different ways.

We can deliver the training for anyone within your organisation, and at any level and role.

What certification will I get?

Participants completing this course will get a certificate of participation from Keep Scotland Beautiful.

What are the learning outcomes?

This training provides carefully curated content to help upskill people, groups and communities so they have the knowledge required to successfully respond to the nature and biodiversity crisis.

• Learn how culture, infrastructure, and the systems we rely on benefit from a rich natural world.
• Learn about the pressures impacting nature and why biodiversity continues to experience a global decline that is echoed here in Scotland.
• Be inspired by case studies of organisations and actions that are making a positive difference and celebrate the range of habitats across Scotland.
• Reflect on what impact you, your organisation or your community can have to help nature recover and the co-benefits of this.

What is the structure of the course?

This training takes place online via Zoom over two weeks.

Each week involves a 2.5 hour online session via Zoom, facilitated by our experienced trainers, followed by some self-study tasks (via our online Moodle eLearning platform) to be completed before the next session.

The content of the sessions for this course is outlined:

• Week 1: Introduction to biodiversity and ecosystem services | Threats and drivers of decline.
• Week 2: People and Place | Ongoing and Future Action | Communication.

Both the above live sessions will run 14:00 - 16:30.

We keep the training class size to a maximum of 15 participants to allow for group interaction and discussion.

To go forwards and recieve a certificate of participation from us, you must attend and participate in the live sessions, and complete the self-study tasks.

Price

• £115 excluding VAT.
• Pay by credit or debit card via Eventbrite.
• To request to pay via invoice, please email climate@keepscotlandbeautiful.org

Are you running the same course on any other dates?

Yes, we are also running the same course on 9 and 16 February 2026, with both sessions taking place 14:00 - 16:30. Booking for the February course will open soon.

Are there other options for the delivery of this training?

Yes. We also offer this certified training for commission exclusively for your organisation, as either online or in-person delivery.

If you commission the training there are opportunities to work with us to insert your own materials.

In addition, we offer a 90-minutes webinar, which provides participants with an introduction to topics covered in our certified course.

You can find out more via our website here or you can contact us via email at climate@keepscotlandbeautiful.org

Data Protection Act 2018

We (Keep Scotland Beautiful) will hold the information you have given us via Eventbrite in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

We will use the information you provide to process your registration for the Nature & Biodiversity Training, enrol you on our eLearning platform, send you communications about the training including relevant follow-up information and for monitoring and reporting. We will use anonymised data for purposes including marketing and promotion.

If your attendance at the training has been organised by an organisation or company we may share relevant information with them.

We will not record any of the training in full, however, we may take short video clips and images for use in marketing and promotion of the training. Your face and speech may be recorded if you switch on your webcam/microphone, and the username you choose when joining the training may also be recorded. Your contributions to training discussion sessions via text chat may also feature in the recording. We may use the video clips and recordings for future promotion of our activities. This includes, without limitation the right to use the recordings in publicity materials, newsletters, newspapers, magazine articles, exhibitions, films, television and online (web and social media). The recordings may be made available for others to share, including partners and the press. We will give you notice in the training before we take videos or images, so you can choose whether you want to be involved in them.

We will store the information you provide to us via Eventbrite for as long as we require it to complete the training and send any relevant follow-up information. We will then delete your information.

You can read our Privacy Notice on our website: www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/privacy