That the Parliament congratulates Froglife on being highly commended in the Coasts and Waters award category at the Nature of Scotland Awards 2023, which was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 22 November 2023; praises Froglife on being highly commended for its projects Come Forth for Wildlife and Fife Living Water; understands that the Come Forth for Wildlife project ran from 2019 to 2023, was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and a range of co-funders, and worked throughout the Forth Valley (Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire) developing connections to conserve and enhance the unique heritage that it believes the area offers, by creating inter-connected habitats for amphibians, reptiles and other wildlife; further understands that the project enabled all sectors of the community to develop connections with the natural heritage of the Forth Valley region through the activities delivered; understands that the Fife Living Waters project was a one-year project, funded by the Scottish Power Foundation in Cowdenbeath, which worked at two key sites, Cowdenbeath wetland and Lumphinnans pond, with the aim of conserving and enhancing these areas to benefit wildlife and encouraging the local community to explore the nature and biodiversity around them, and notes that this included volunteer sessions, training courses, school sessions, business team building days, community engagement activities and events, with 2,567 people taking part in over 250 activities in 2023.