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The unique characteristics, challenges, and aspirations of the local business base, and opportunities for community wealth building in rural and island communities are examined. We focus on understanding the role of economic infrastructure in prosperity and consider how future changes to agricultural support may impact the rural and island regions of Scotland.
Plant pests and pathogens can have a devastating impact not only on plant hosts but also the wider biodiversity that use the infected plant (e.g., for food, breeding and shelter). Thus, a decline in one plant species can have cascading effects on a wide range of other species, sometimes causing severe declines in their populations. In this project, we trialed different approaches for identifying which habitats are at greatest risk from plant pests and pathogens. Risk assessments prioritizing habitats that are thought to have low resilience (low plant species diversity), gave very different
This project is developing rapid, sensitive and specific tests for the detection, quantitation and characterization of protozoan parasites affecting humans in Scottish drinking water.
This project aims to investigate microbial risks carried by wildlife species whose distribution and abundance is affected by climate change.
Nitrogen emitted from farming, industry and domestic sources impacts negatively on the wider countryside. This project examines the impacts of nitrogen deposition on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Scottish natural habitats and the interactions between nitrogen impacts and climate change. Methods for monitoring nitrogen impacts will be developed and the potential for mitigation are explored.
I am an ecologist with a particular interest in fresh water ecosystems and a love of statistical methods. I started at Edinburgh Napier University in October 2018 after having established my own environmental research consultancy in 2015 and before that various post-doc positions. Lakes and river represent the largest renewable source of fresh water and their importance in global terms cannot be overstated. I am interested in everything freshwatery. I am particularly interested in the trajectories of ecosystem recovery and what can cause blocks to achieving what we perceive as successful
Rowan has over 12 years experiencing working with a diversity of stakeholders in the water environment around issues of environmental justice, water governance, and sustainable development. She is passionate about the sustainable and equitable use of water resources and employs a range of qualitative and participatory approaches to deepen understandings of the socio-environmental and economic relationships that surround water. Rowan has a particular interest in critically examining the production of water insecurity among marginalised groups. Her work is informed by political-ecology, socio
This project is assessing and enhancing water-related ecosystem services of Nature-Based Solutions in catchments. We explore how NBS can work across multiple sectors and scales to achieve transformative change.
This project delivers underpinning and integrated research for: (i) emission factor updates and activity data, (ii) the development of a specific Peatland Monitoring Framework, (iii) improved Natural Capital accounting, further development of the Peatland Code, and (v) improved carbon auditing tools that include climate risk assessments.
Christopher Schulz is an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in environment and development, environmental values, and water governance. At St Andrews, his primary focus is on critical economic dimensions of sustainability, in particular: Economic instruments for environmental management and sustainability transitions Methodological options for valuing the environment Conceptual and practical alternatives to mainstream economic approaches. He is also currently Lead Researcher for the Dutch Government’s Valuing Water Initiative. Most of his research has been in Latin America, but he