Dr Claire Hardy

Claire is an interdisciplinary scientist specialising in social research, looking at learning and change and the use of virtual tools for stakeholder engagement.

Claire Hardy

The James Hutton Institute
Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Using Natural Capital Approaches to support sustainable land management in Scotland: Insights from five pilot studies

Natural capital approaches involve identifying, understanding, and measuring the relative contribution of nature to economic performance and human well-being. By adopting the language of business, natural capital approaches allow the natural environment to be included in discussions about business decisions. Five land-based businesses across Scotland have trialled various natural capital approaches in recent years, including the Natural Capital Protocol (NCP) and Corporate Natural Capital Accounting (CNCA).

Dr Joanne Taylor

Jo is an ascomycete taxonomist and foliar fungal endophyte researcher. Her studies are currently focused on forest pathology and the potential role of beneficial fungal endophytic partners. She also contributes to the Scotland's Plant Health Centre website.

Jo Taylor

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Pl
Edinburgh
EH3 5NZ

Developing a"Genetic Scorecard": A World-first for Scotland

The following case study summarises a SEFARI Think Tank involving the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Scottish Natural Heritage. SEFARI Think Tanks are designed to address challenging and often contested research questions of national and international importance. This project brought together experts to address Aichi Target 13 on the conservation of genetic diversity. The project has established a world-first method to help understand and conserve genetic diversity in some of Scotland's most iconic wild species.

Dr Paola Ovando-Pol

Paola is an environmental economist whose research expertise and interest focus on  economic valuation of ecosystem services and natural capital, and their integration into ecosystem accounting and economic decision analysis frameworks, and the development of integrated economic and environmental models to better understand land use and management decisions, and the trade-offs and synergies in the provision of private and public good and services involved.

Paola Ovando-Pol

James Hutton Institute
Errol Road
Dundee
Scotland
DD2 5DA