Understanding Biodiversity - summary of key research findings

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. Read more

Published on 17 February 2011 in Ecosystems and biodiversity

More scientists to benefit from the highly successful Work Shadowing Scheme

Following the successful pilot scheme , organised by the Moredun Research Institute, 13 more scientists from the Institutions providing research to the Scottish Government will experience the working life of their policy colleagues at first hand . Read more

Published on 14 January 2011 in Sustainability and Communities, Climate, water and energy, Ecosystems and biodiversity, Food, health and wellbeing

"Nature", the journal, gets into the science/policy debate!

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Published on 13 January 2011 in Sustainability and Communities, Climate, water and energy, Ecosystems and biodiversity, Food, health and wellbeing

Forestry policy could benefit Scotland's rainforest

Research at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) indicates that threatened species in the remaining fragments of Scotland's own rainforest, along the country's west coast, could benefit from small shifts in policy on forestry. Read more

Published on 02 January 2011 in Ecosystems and biodiversity