Newsletters 2013-16
Issue 86, Autumn 2016
Brexit and rural research; the UK’s new agri-tech centres; guidance for farmers on looking after the soil; seaweed as animal feed; early warning system for tree diseases
Issue 85, Spring 2016
A chief scientific officer for Scotland; good land management for livestock health; old research bringing new results; the link between marine fouling and renewable energy; citizen science focuses on our coasts
Issue 84, Winter 2015
The future of land reform in Scotland; disease outbreaks in farm animals; climate-ready forestry; how to improve upland farming; 30 years of Soay sheep research on St Kilda
Issue 83, Summer 2015
Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015; the secrets of soil, roots and microorganisms; citizen science to protect trees against disease; wild relatives of domestic crops; genomic breeding of beef cattle
Issue 82, Spring 2015
Dig It! 2015 year of Scottish archaeology; national soil map of Scotland; community grow-your-own food initiative; golden eagle survey; giant panda habitats
Issue 81, Winter 2014
Scottish Rural Parliament meets for the first time; climate-ready in the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Reserve; food poverty in Scotland; 30 new Marine Protected Areas announced; the dotterel and its montane habitat
Issue 80, Summer 2014
ESCom Scotland launches to cover ecosystem services; report on rural poverty; exciting times ahead for Scottish archaeology; how pan-European networks can influence EU policy; protecting our fossil heritage
Issue 79, Spring 2014
International Year of Family Farming; biodiversity in saline lagoons; Scottish trout discovered to be many varieties; grey squirrels bring squirrelpox to Scotland; how permafrost locks away carbon
Issue 78, Autumn 2013
Puffin populations are holding up; the plight of the honey bee; solutions for poultry red mite; big investment in potatoes and onions; details of the SCRR Peter Wilson Lecture 2014
Issue 77, Summer 2013
Evidence-based policymaking; Icelandic volcanoes and the UK; flame shell reef discoveries off Skye; energy schemes and rural communities; ash die-back
Issue 76, Spring 2013
Year of Natural Scotland; Species Action Framework update; exciting fossil finds in the Borders; the potential of windpower in the Western Isles; restoring peatland from plantation