SCRR Forum • Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Monday February 23, 2015 Organised by School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh. Funded through an EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award to Edinburgh Research and Innovation. The rise of metagenomics has allowed us to explore the human microbiome and that of domestic livestock, plants and the environment, offering interesting opportunities […]
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Professor Tim Benton, UK Champion for Global Food Security and Professor of Population Ecology, University of Leeds ‘Feeding the Future – Can we do it sustainably?’ Monday February 9, 2015 • 6pm UPDATE: please see below for event report. There is much discussion of the world’s demand for food being set to double in the
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First meeting takes place in Oban Thursday November 6 to Saturday November 8, 2014 UPDATE: see below for an event report. On 6th-8th November 2014, the Scottish Rural Parliament will bring together 400 community people and decision-makers from public bodies, NGOs and private bodies, with the aim of improving rural policy and finding better ways
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Two-day symposium at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Monday September 8 and Tuesday September 9, 2015 UPDATE: see below for details of further meetings in this series. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is hosting a two-day meeting, 8, 9 September, 2014, with the primary goal of consolidating the UK plant evolutionary biology community. In the short term,
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CUSP 2014 conference Friday May 30, 2014 SCRR members are invited to attend the CUSP2014 Conference, The Geoscience Context for Europe’s Urban Sustainability – Lessons from Glasgow and beyond, to be held in the Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, GLASGOW, G51 1EA on Friday May 30, 2014. As this is a joint event organised
John Muir Conference 2014 Monday May 12 and Tuesday May 13, 2014 ‘A time to evaluate the contribution that National Parks and Protected Areas make to society, focussing on the themes of Protecting, Engaging and Developing.’ John Muir was a Scots born conservation visionary of the 19th century and his legacy has helped to shape
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SNH ‘sharing good practice’ event Thursday May 8, 2014 This event will share best practice on how to plan and run citizen science surveys, looking at recent projects and innovations aimed at increasing the value of voluntarily-collected data for research and environmental monitoring. It will provide an opportunity to learn about and discuss new approaches
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Ecosystem Services Community Scotland Tuesday April 29, 2014 ESCom Scotland aims to become a community of practice for ecosystem services research, decision-making and natural resource management in Scotland. There will be an evening launch reception (April 29, 2014) followed by a two-day workshop (April 30, 2014: Launch Conference; 1 May 1, 2014: Science Workshop) in
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Dr Alan Belward, Land Resource Management Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission ‘Running out of Land – a new Global Challenge’ Monday February 10, 2014 UPDATE: please see below for event report. The annual SCRR Peter Wilson Lecture is given by Dr Alan Belward, Land Resource Management Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission. Land is
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Long Term Social and Ecological Research (LTSER) network launch and workshop Thursday November 14, 2013 UPDATE: please see below for event report. The aim of this event is not only to launch the Cairngorms National Park as the UK’s first Long Term Social and Ecological Research (LTSER) network, joining up research from different disciplines to
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