Events: 2018

This conference will seek to help inform and shape the debate about how best to reward farmers, foresters and other land managers for delivering public goods from their land management practices.

For the fourth consecutive year, we will be attending Food Matters Live, an event dedicated to cross-section connections around the future of food and drink, and sustainable nutrition.

Science and the Parliament aims to foster close relations between policymakers and key stakeholders. This event is organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and is a firm fixture in the Scottish parliamentary calendar. 

This conference will consider some of the new challenges facing biodiversity conservation and the novel and innovative solutions biodiversity science can offer. The conference will run from 13:00, Monday, 5 November to 13:00, Tuesday, 6 November.  It will focus on four main themes:

Peatland restoration is one of the major policy interventions in Scotland’s Climate Change Plan, with a target of 20,000 hectares per year. Peatlands in good condition are net carbon sinks, while degraded sites can emit substantial amounts of carbon, contributing to climate change.

This event will feature keynote speeches by both industry and policy and highlight how the latest research from the Scottish Government funded strategic research programme is increasing our understanding and identifying new ways to manage AMR.

This event will include a series of short presentations and a panel discussion, which will look to bring in the audience throughout, making the event as participative as possible.

The event is organised and hosted by the James Hutton Institute in partnership with AHDB Potatoes, 

The James Hutton Institute prefer to take advantage of the season and deliver outdoor demos in the field and walk through the raspberry and blackcurrant plots.

Hear from farmers Graeme Bethune (rush control), Rory Christie (RISS: dairy genetics), Jim Simmons (woodland) and Duncan McEwan (grassland management).