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New research looks at the impacts of driven grouse moors Moorland management in Scotland has come under the spotlight in a series of reports assessing the socioeconomic and biodiversity impacts of driven grouse moors and the employment rights of gamekeepers. The research was commissioned by the Scottish Government to address questions about the impacts of grouse shooting – including concerns about large-scale culls of mountain hares, the burning of heath or stubble (muirburn) and the persecution of raptors. Researchers from SEFARI at SRUC and the James Hutton Institute looked at the financial
This ‘Phase 2’ Grouse Research addresses some of the knowledge gaps regarding Scottish driven grouse moor management that were identified during our ‘Phase 1’ Grouse Research as well as gaps identified by the Grouse Moorland Management Group. A summary report of our work and the four distinct technical reports that comprise the work commissioned by the Scottish Government to ‘Assess the Socioeconomic and Biodiversity Impacts of Driven Grouse Moors and to understand the Rights of Gamekeepers’ are available here: Part 1 – Socioeconomic impacts of moorland use Part 2 - Employment Rights of
"I’m happy to represent a link among forest and land use research institutes in the UK and beyond, notably the James Hutton Institute, and promote the complementarity of activities for multiplying the scientific results and their impacts" Professor Maria Nijnik, a senior scientist at the James Hutton Institute’s Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences department, has been appointed a member of the UK Expert Committee on Forest Science. The Committee was established by the Board of Forestry Commissioners to provide independent, expert advice and assurance on the quality of science and
SEFARI delivers the Scottish Government funded Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021 on agriculture, environment, food and land, providing direct and tangible benefits across diverse issues. We are delighted to be supporting the World One Health Congress (#WOHC2020) and recognise how interconnected humans, plants, animals and our environment are and the importance of a One Health approach. SEFARI research spans a number of areas relevant for One Health, including the evaluation of livestock health; animal disease epidemiology; food safety; disease threats in the environment and integrated
A UK research consortium has been awarded funding from the government’s Transforming Food Production Challenge Fund through Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency to develop new tools to encourage the adoption of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies in UK sheep flocks.