Latest News for 2011
Forest Research Update Seminar
This Update Seminar aims to provide the attendee with an overview of a number of different current topics. Read more
Published on 27 October 2011 in Climate, water and energy, Ecosystems and biodiversity
News Articles for 2011
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!
Published on 13 January 2011 in Sustainability and Communities, Climate, water and energy, Ecosystems and biodiversity, Food, health and wellbeing
Scots scientists use gene profiling to improve our berries
BioSS, Scotland's internationally renowned group of mathematicians and statisticians, has developed sophisticated methods for analysing data from crop experiments. Read more
Published on 04 January 2011 in Sustainability and Communities, 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
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