“Tracking species enables ecologists to understand more about where they feed, where they go and the types of habitats they use. All this helps us conserve and provide the right habitats for them.”

Scotland’s environment faces many challenges including a changing climate, invasive species, pollution and changes in the way our land and seas are managed, and ecological research is at the heart of solutions to help policymakers, researchers and land managers cope with these issues.

That was the takeaway message of a gathering of leading ecologists and MSPs as part of Scottish Environment Week, an annual programme of events at the Scottish Parliament whose 2017 theme, “Environmental Futures”, focused on how to achieve a more sustainable Scotland.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute