The conservation of endangered freshwater pearl mussels will be discussed by Dr Peter Cosgrove, ecologist and Countryside Officer, Cairngorms National Park Authority, at this week’s Macaulay Institute seminar. [continue reading ... ]
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The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and SCRI joined forces on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute. It is the first Institute of its type in Europe and will make major, new contributions to the understanding of key global issues such as food, energy and environmental security.
Macaulay Seminar focuses on endangered freshwater pearl mussels
Scottish cashmere goat semen is exported to Kazakhstan
Scientists at The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland have exported Scottish cashmere goat semen to Kazakhstan to help goat herders there improve the quality of their cashmere-producing breeds and increase their incomes through cashmere sales. [continue reading ... ]
Macaulay seminar focuses on threat to Mediterranean islands of non-native plants.
The impact of alien plants on the ecosystems of Mediterranean islands will be explored by Dr Phil Hulme, Head of Ecosystem Dynamics at the Natural Environmental Research Council’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory, at this week’s Macaulay Institute seminar. [continue reading ... ]
Macaulay recognises long-serving staff members
The Macaulay Institute yesterday (12 January 2005) recognised the loyalty of 33 long-serving staff members, who collectively have given 894 years of service to the Institute. The employees, who range from administration and support staff to senior scientists, have each spent between 20 and 40 years of their working lives at the Institute. [continue reading ... ]