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The way we manage land and plan land-use change plays an integral role in the efforts for meeting climatic targets and for mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts. According to the current Land Use Strategy, the scale of future land-use change required is significant if we were to maximise the contribution of land towards a sustainable future for Scotland. Therefore, decisions about land-use change need to be fully integrated and joined-up across sectors and scales and consider multiple objectives, e.g., changes in land-use would need to be optimised to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
This report provides a review of land and environmental monitoring and modelling programmes in England and Wales and draws lessons to build the case for developing a Scottish integrated approach for environmental and land-use statistics, to support evidencebased decision and policy making for the land and agricultural sectors. Review findings and relevant literature are synthesized to provide recommendations for the development of the different components of a Scottish integrated approach to environmental and land-use data, regarding its governance options, utilisation of existing ICT
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have been defined many times, but these definitions can be summarised as āsolutions to societal challenges that are inspired and supported by natureā. Examples would be the restoration of peat bogs to return them to net sinks of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or re-meandering rivers to reduce flood risk. However, not all NbS are equal: the term can be applied to different interventions in quite varied settings, tackling varied problems. There is a need to evaluate and understand NbS, to help understand the potential of alternative approaches, and how best to
"We have to ensure that we care and nurture all soils it to keep both the human population and the planet healthy" By Ken Loades, Roy Neilson, Tracy Valentine and Nikki Baggaley COP26 highlighted more than ever that we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and become more sustainable before itās too late. Soil is a key component in this battle and something that we expect to provide food, feed and fibre, store and supply water, store carbon, archive geological and archaeological heritage to name but a few. World Soils Day on 5th December celebrates all that soils do for us. Press and media
āThe report outlines the recommendations for research and innovation needed to support the transition towards more sustainable agricultural systems to meet the goals of the EU Green Deal and envisions how agriculture will likely transition in the short, medium and long term." A report by a multi-stakeholder working group of the European Technology Platform āPlants for the Futureā, featuring contributions from James Hutton Institute scientists, has identified three principles that will help transition towards more environmentally and socio-economically sustainable agricultural systems. The
Status of Pollinators There are at least 1500 known species of insect pollinators (species of bees, hoverflies, moths, wasps, butterflies etc.) in the UK. Within the National Pollinator Strategy, we know that of the 26 bumble bee species recorded in the UK 80 years ago, 2 are no longer present and 6 have seen considerable reductions in their range (i.e. the area in which they are found). Other pollinators have been found to be decreasing, increasing, or staying the same - with generalist species (can survive in a wide variety of habitats) typically faring better than specialist species