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.Staff from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute attended the Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh from 25th-28th June 2009 to launch a research project which aims to reveal the types and extent of changes in the Scottish landscape over the past century through a systematic comparison of historical and contemporary photographs.
Amongst those who visited the exhibit were Roseanna Cunningham MSP (Minister for Environment), Maureen Watt MSP (Convener of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee) Peter McGrath (Clerk to the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee), as well as senior staff from the Scottish Government.
The picture above shows Roseanna Cunningham being welcomed to the exhibit by Richard Aspinall, Chief Executive and Michael Gibson, Chairman of the Board of Governors at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
You may also link to link into the other media now available from the show from the RHS website.