Creating a SAC at East Mingulay will protect a very rare coral reef found in the area, as well as safeguarding other species.

The world is losing species of plants and animals and even entire ecosystems at an unprecedented rate – and conservationists say this will have severe economic consequences.

Read the career profile of Emily Hastings, the Institute’’s Coastal Sciences Co-ordinator which was featured in the yourjob section of the Aberdeen Press & Journal on Friday 27th August again here.

A new book which provides an overview of current and future thinking in catchment management, and shows how an integrated approach to management can be used to address specific problems in water use policy is now available.

This workshop will focus on bringing together scientists and catchment practitioners from across the EU to further our understanding of riparian buffer functioning in different situations so that practical guidance may be developed as to their use, design, management and limitations. The workshop will be held in Ballater, northeast Scotland from 25th – 28th April 2010.

Aberdeenshire Council and the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute have started a new project that will work with farmers to manage water quantity under current and future climate change. The focus of the project is the Tarland Basin and it will complement the ongoing Tarland Flood Prevention Scheme.

Residents in the Fraserburgh area are being asked give their views on the route of a potential new footpath.

The Pantanal in South America is the world’s largest wetland. We are part of an international consortium carrying out research on how to tackle threats to this ecosystem such as diffuse pollution, canalisation and drainage, urban sewage, heavy metal pollution and deforestation.

Recent national and international legislation identifies the need for defining ecological status of river systems. In March 2009, we hosted an international workshop for scientists and policymakers to discuss how to define river hydromorphological condition. Visit the Linking Hydromorphology to Ecology website for more information. [continue reading ... ]

Local residents and businesses with an interest in the coast are invited to the East Grampian Coastal Partnership’s Annual Seminar. The meeting is free to attend and will be held on 24th November at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Aberdeen. [continue reading ... ]