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PEERING INTO THE landscapes of the FUTURE

Land-use experts are inviting people to take a look at the kinds of local landscapes their children might live in decades from now. [continue reading ... ]

Macaulay Enterprises is finalist in national Energy Institute Awards

Macaulay Enterprises Ltd. (MEL), the commercial arm of The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, will find out this Friday (25 November) at an Awards Dinner at The Savoy Hotel, London, if it has won a prestigious Energy Institute (EI) Award 2005. [continue reading ... ]

Macaulay Institute seminar examines impact of climate change on Scottish farming systems

The impacts of climate change on farming systems in Scotland will be discussed by Scottish Executive policy makers at a seminar/workshop tomorrow (23 November) funded by the Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, the British Council and the Scottish Executive. [continue reading ... ]

‘Sexy’ plant behaviour holds key to restoration of endangered Scottish willows

A team of scientists from some of Scotland’s leading research institutes has found that some of the UK’s rarest plants are not reproducing sexually as often as they have in the past. [continue reading ... ]

The Macaulay Institute appoints Interim Chief Executive

The Board of the Macaulay Institute has announced the appointment of Professor Bill Ritchie as Interim Chief Executive of the Macaulay Institute, on the departure of the present Chief Executive and Director of Research Professor Maggie Gill on 1 February 2006. [continue reading ... ]

Renowned Climate Change Scientist to deliver 29th Macaulay Lecture

World-renowned climate change expert, Professor John Schellnhuber CBE, Founding Director of Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Potsdam, is presenting this year’s 29th Macaulay Lecture. [continue reading ... ]

Macaulay seminar examines impact and sustainability of hunting for vulnerable species in Africa

A complete rethink of traditional approaches to addressing the issue of hunting wildlife for food is necessary if vulnerable species are to be saved, according to Dr. Eleanor Milner-Gulland, a Reader in Conservation Science at Imperial College, London. [continue reading ... ]