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).

Professor Tim Jackson’s seminar on 8th March, “Prosperity without Growth”, has been cancelled.

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.

Recent research findings from the Scottish Government rural and environment research programme will be highlighted at an event at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh this week.

Potential delegates have until Friday to register for a week long clay mineralogy training course designed to help oil industry staff understand the nature, properties, behaviour and occurrence of clays in the context of hydrocarbon exploration and production.

The latest edition of in-land, the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute’s six-monthly magazine is now available on-line.

Winter at Glensaugh is on hold for the time being, slowing down the alarming depletion of our fodder stocks and allowing us to undertake some value-added work alongside our routine chores.

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.

The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute’s Annual Report for 2010 is now available online.

A two-day workshop on natural flood management is being held in Tarland, Aberdeenshire this week.