"This expert group will help us achieve that and identify how we can better manage our wild deer in the lowlands, and whether improvements can be made" Professor Steve Albon, an Honorary Research Associate of the James Hutton Institute, has been appointed a member of a new expert panel established by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to examine complex issues related to deer management in the Scottish lowlands. The group will look at the nature of deer impacts and examine how best to involve and work collaboratively with private landowners, agricultural interests, local authorities and other
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The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has launched a new website today (Thursday 1 st March) to provide a one-stop-shop for practical information on controlling sheep parasites.
These two organisations represent two extremely valuable sectors of the livestock industry in Scotland, together contributing in excess of £700 million to the Scottish economy annually (Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation & Quality Meat Scotland figures, 2017). Much of the livestock work undertaken by SEFARI scientists across the Scottish Government’s Strategic Research Programme focuses on sheep and cattle, so this invitation to contribute to these important stakeholder meetings represented an ideal opportunity for SEFARI to engage with these sectors, to raise the profile of the SEFARI
SEFARI is delighted to be supporting the launch of the Center for the Study of the Force Majeure’s Vision for Scotland and the Dee valley in the form of a guiding narrative film exploring the implications of climate change and provoking thought and action for how we might adapt to the challenges as a diverse group of communities of interest. Despite strong evidence from catchment science and from our deep experience in river management it is clear we must do more to involve stakeholders in taking adaptive action to the long-term challenges of climate change. Deploying effective means of