Our prestigious annual event organised jointly with RSE took the form of a discussion with four speakers on the theme ‘The time for rural is now’
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‘The time for rural is now’ May 23, 2022 The Royal Society of Edinburgh In-person event with extra networking opportunities This year’s SCRR / RSE Peter Wilson Lecture takes the form of a panel discussion on the theme ‘The time for rural is now’. Speakers: • Professor Julie Fitzpatrick OBE, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for
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OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER is just out and is available in a print edition this time, for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020. If you would like to be added to the circulation list for the print edition, please contact Secretary/Treasurer Lyndsey Hayes. Contents include: a report on challenges for livestock
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OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER is just out. It is online only for the third time, but we hope to be able to do a print edition as normal next time. Contents include: plans for an agritech hub at Easter Bush to promote net zero agriculture; climate change champions and woodland; how forest soils lock up carbon;
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‘Science for rural recovery and resilience’ Online seminar • Chaired by Dr Rebekah Widdowfield Monday 10 May 2021 3.30pm – 5pm Online event As a planet, we are currently dealing with unprecedented twin crises – the Covid-19 pandemic and the global climate emergency. In terms of the climate emergency, Scotland’s Net-Zero by 2045 target will require
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LATEST NEWSLETTER • SCRR News Issue 96, featuring… recovery and resilience in rural science; climate-positive farming arrives in Aberdeenshire; our seafood industry and the impact of world events; boosts for rural tourism; and much more
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EVENT UPDATE • Posters from our online mini-conference in November 2020, which focused on the work of early career researchers (ECRs), are now available to download as PDFs.
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EVENT REPORT • At our online mini-conference on November 11th 2020, Early Career Researchers from SCRR’s member organisations shared their cutting-edge research into rural resilience and recovery – in livestock sectors, bees’ environments, community land ownership and science-based rural tourism.
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Online mini-conference focusing on new work by Early Career Researchers Wednesday November 11, 2020 • 1pm – 3pm UPDATE: please see below for event report. The Scottish Consortium for Rural Research (SCRR) is holding its second mini-conference where Early Career Researchers (ECRs) will share their new research, this year looking to how rural Scotland moves into
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EVENT REPORT • Now available: a report, with a video of the full discussion, from our online replacement for the annual Peter Wilson lecture – held May 11, 2020
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