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Richard is interested in the ecology of lower plant groups such as bryophytes and lichens.
Scotland has ambitious strategies for biodiversity protection and climate action with the intention of achieving a greener, fairer and just future. As most land in Scotland is devoted to some form of agricultural production, farmers and land managers are key players in achieving a transition to more sustainable agriculture and horticulture. We have tested an array of farming practices that could improve sustainability, by using fertilisers from non-chemical sources, identifying crop varieties that perform well in intercropping and under reduced input conditions, and safeguarding biodiversity
Sebastian is responsible for the conceptualisation, management and development of cutting-edge mobile applications, databases and web applications mostly related to the Germinate data management system. His role is to drive the development of software solutions for plant genetic resources collections, phenotypic data collection and visualization tools.
"Farming and land use in general is facing several major challenges as a result of the climate and biodiversity crises and the work that we are doing at Glensaugh aims to support the land use sectors as they transition towards a sustainable future" The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon MSP, visited the James Hutton Institute’s Glensaugh Research Farm, near Laurencekirk, site of our Climate-Positive Farming Initiative. Climate-positive farming is a transformational approach to farming that achieves net-zero or even negative carbon emissions
A lunchtime webinar on Wednesday April 27 th 12.30 to 14.00 will discuss findings and recommendations from the Scottish Government funded Lessons Learned project which has reviewed the development of the SARS-CoV-2 wastewater screening programme in Scotland. As part of this event, we will be sharing learning about how to be more prepared for rapid response collaborative research in future crises. The webinar will be introduced by Professor Andrew Millar, former Scottish Government CSA ENRA. This will be followed by short presentations from Dr Isabel Fletcher and Professor Catherine Lyall of
“These will be vital observations to improve not only the reporting of greenhouse gases from peatlands but also will serve to enhance our ability to understand regionally different impacts of land management decisions and climate change on peatland resilience” The flux tower network in Scotland is to be extended and enhanced to better understand the carbon and climate impact of restoring peatlands. Supported by over £1 million of Scottish Government funding, three additional flux towers to be operated by the James Hutton Institute will join the current network and all nine of the towers
Combining local, contextualised knowledge with generalised, scientific knowledge is seen as best practice in decision making for biodiversity management. However, there is the potential for conflict if these two knowledges do not concur. We compared people’s predictions for biodiversity change under different woodland management scenarios with those from a simple ecological model. We found general agreement, but stakeholders were more optimistic about the benefits of some scenarios compared to the models. We highlighted the potential differences in predictions that could be the focus of