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RSPB trustees’ report and accounts 2011-12 Trustees’ report Reduced carbon footprint Objective Achievement Future challenges We aim to reduce CO2 emissions by 3% each year on a per staff basis. From a baseline of emitting 3.25 tonnes of CO2 per staff member in 2008, we reduced emissions to 2.39tCO2 in 2012. This is significantly lower than our target of 2.88tCO2 and it represents an extraordinary achievement for the RSPB. In total, since 2008, we have saved nearly 500tCO2, despite continuing to grow. However, the rate of reduction is getting harder to maintain. Our revised target is to continue to reduce emissions on a per staff basis by 3% each year against a 2010 baseline. Previous, emission reductions were principally delivered through reducing travel, behavioural change and energy efficiency. To ensure meeting this target does not threaten conservation delivery in the future, we will need to invest in renewable and energy efficient infrastructure. Whilst these investments can yield attractive returns, accessing the capital, expertise and staff time to deliver them will be a major challenge. Supporting BirdLife International Partners Objective Achievement Future challenges We will continue to help build the capacity of BirdLife International partners. The RSPB provides support to 24 BirdLife partners across the world. The combined annual income of our partners increased significantly by 19%, from £11.7 million to £14 million, partly through our support for proposal development and joint applications. Examples include: • We assisted NatureKenya to secure Department for International Development funds to develop a land-use plan for the sustainable management of the Tana River Delta. • EU Life projects continue to be important with the largest ever grant for Egyptian vulture conservation (€3.3 million) secured for work in Bulgaria and Greece. • Important new funding for marine IBA work was secured for Malta, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. • We were awarded three grants from the UK Darwin initiative to support our partners work on the Bengal florican, the spoon-billed sandpiper and restoration of Henderson Island. We must help partners generate funds for unrestricted use, rather than funds solely for specific projects. Once they become financially sustainable, we will have achieved our goal. www.rspb.org.uk 13
RSPB trustees’ report and accounts 2011-12 Trustees’ report Education and communication Numbers of children learning in the natural world Objective Achievement Future challenges We will expand our field teaching on reserves, thereby helping to increase the number of school children who enjoy and benefit from an encounter with nature first hand. More than 51,000 children visited RSPB countryside classrooms in organised school groups. Most providers of such learning outside the classroom report difficult operating conditions. Economic constraints affect schools and many have become less willing to ask parents to pay for visits. We invested in quality rather than quantity. The independently verified, Government sponsored Quality Badge helps us measure the quality of our Living Classrooms. Quality Badge inspections on all but a very few of sites were encouraging. Fourteen sites reached our desired standard of overall outstanding or very good. The other 20 already display some outstanding and very good characteristics. We are committed to increase the quality of our education experience and we want all 34 of our sites to achieve the overall outstanding or very good designation. Involvement of people Objective Achievement Future challenges In 2011/12, we will engage 3.5 million people through nature reserve visits, citizen science projects and Date with Nature events. We engaged a total of 3.4 million people. Visits to our nature reserves increased to two million compared to 1.9 million during the previous year. More than 670,000 people took part in our citizen science projects, the long running Big Garden Birdwatch and the second Make Your Nature Count. We met more than 50,000 visitors at specific events such as Feed the Birds Day and Springwatch with the RSPB. A further 17,600 people are undertaking action in their garden as part of our Homes for Wildlife project. There were 63 Date with Nature events, attracting 410,000 people, showing people a variety of wildlife from ospreys and seabirds to red deer and dragonflies. With an investment in destination marketing work at our more popular sites, we hope to see growth in nature reserve visits continue. Furthermore, through the provision of training and support to staff in regions and countries, we will continue to increase all people engagement activities off and on nature reserves. We will reach a wider, more diverse audience and improve the experience for all. We will also improve the accessibility and inclusivity of all our projects. 14 www.rspb.org.uk
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