The effects of agricultural run-off on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will be highlighted at a seminar at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute tomorrow (Wednesday 23 February 2011).
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This page is no longer updated. The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute joined forces with SCRI joined forces on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute.
Seminar to explore the links between agricultural pollution and biodiversity in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Understanding Biodiversity – a summary of key research findings
Three new booklets have been produced by the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute to summarise some of the key findings and research outputs from the Scottish Government’s Environment – Land Use and Rural Stewardship research programme.
Help save our vanishing wetlands
A new conservation initiative, headed by North East Scotland Local Biodiversity Action Plan (NES LBAP) is being launched in an effort to help restore some of our most valuable natural wildlife habitats.
Koalas as picky leaf-eaters
Researchers used koala feeding preferences to design a new method that could help ecologists and conservationists map habitats.
Cairngorms Knowledge Exchange Network & Meeting
The Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College UHI and the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) are working together to create a sustainable network for knowledge exchange within the Park, which will also support the CNPA in preparing their new National Park Plan and, in the future, implementing it. [continue reading ... ]
Colonise: a game of lichen survival
will premier at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on 25th September.
Managing Wildlife for Tick Control
Dr Lucy Gilbert is attending and presenting a paper on managing wildlife for tick control at the European Wildlife Disease Association conference in Vlieland, Netherlands, from 13 – 17 September.
Scots Pine shows its continental roots
By studying similarities in the genes of Scots Pine trees, scientists have shown that the iconic pine forests of Highland Scotland still carry the traces of the ancestors that colonised Britain after the end of the last Ice Age, harbouring genetic variation that could help regenerate future populations, according to new results published in the journal Heredity.
Seminar to explore sustainable agriculture in New Zealand
Agricultural practices and techniques in New Zealand and potential lessons for land use in the UK will be highlighted at a seminar at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute this week (Friday 28th May 2010).
Workshop on protecting woodland species
A workshop on the identification and protection of wildlife in woodland areas is being held at Thainstone tomorrow (Thursday 18th February 2010).