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We’re eager to create a collective resource showing how we enjoy, monitor, research, innovate, manage and conserve our water resources. This is your opportunity to submit a short video as part of a competition. By getting involved we can highlight how Scotland, as a Hydro Nation, is leading the way in water-inspired activities, research, technology and management. The Centre of Expertise for Waters ( CREW) is hosting the WaterWall in Motion project on behalf of Scotland’s water community in celebration of the Year of Coasts and Waters (#YCW2021). This exciting collaborative opportunity is also
Moredun were asked recently by SAC’s Farm Advisory Service if we’d be prepared to do a piece to camera on ‘Parasites and Climate Change’ for their newly-launched FAS TV YouTube channel. This gave us an excellent opportunity to showcase the work we’ve been doing at the Institute’s farm at Firth Mains.
“This is a big step forward in understanding the realities of life across Scotland's islands and improving the islands’ evidence base.” New social research conducted by the James Hutton Institute for the Scottish Government’s National Islands Plan paints a mixed picture of life in Scotland’s islands: while most respondents rate their local environment very highly and a majority indicate that they’re likely to remain in the islands for the next five years, challenges persist regarding housing, jobs, transport, fuel poverty, and speed and reliability of digital connections. More information from
“The mainstream view among key stakeholders was that differences between systems – grazing or indoor – don’t matter for animal welfare, economic or environmental outcomes, but management is more important.” New research on the attitudes of people working in the UK dairy sector has revealed that many dairy farmers believe cows should graze for part of the year. Findings of the ‘Cows eat grass, don’t they?’ study, funded by the British Academy and the Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks (EPIC), shine a light on the perspectives of those working in the UK dairy industry, touching upon
There are likely to be increases in demands for environmental monitoring data and its interpretation, due to changes in corporate sustainability reporting and financial disclosure activities related to climate and biodiversity crises (and broader sustainability crisis) that are essential for supporting organisations and countries in their post-COVID green recovery strategies. In part, this is being driven by the activities of three task forces: the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and Taskforce on Scaling
In the UK the addition of lime to agricultural land was strongly encouraged by Government subsidy payments to farmers, but since subsidies ceased in the late 1970’s the application of lime has declined with subsequent acidification of many soils. Increasing soil pH is thought to have biodiversity and agricultural benefits including increased bio-availability of soil nutrients, greater plant growth, improved forage quality and enhanced earthworm populations, which in turn could benefit wading birds that rely on them as a food source. This study investigated these reported benefits. We found