A new study has found that for many European countries - including the UK - there is not a large enough fish supply to meet the recommended national dietary requirements.
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Weāre eager to create a collective resource showing how we enjoy, monitor, research, innovate, manage and conserve our water resources. This is your opportunity to submit a short video as part of a competition. By getting involved we can highlight how Scotland, as a Hydro Nation, is leading the way in water-inspired activities, research, technology and management. The Centre of Expertise for Waters ( CREW) is hosting the WaterWall in Motion project on behalf of Scotlandās water community in celebration of the Year of Coasts and Waters (#YCW2021). This exciting collaborative opportunity is also
Moredun were asked recently by SACās Farm Advisory Service if weād be prepared to do a piece to camera on āParasites and Climate Changeā for their newly-launched FAS TV YouTube channel. This gave us an excellent opportunity to showcase the work weāve been doing at the Instituteās farm at Firth Mains.
āThis is a big step forward in understanding the realities of life across Scotland's islands and improving the islandsā evidence base.ā New social research conducted by the James Hutton Institute for the Scottish Governmentās National Islands Plan paints a mixed picture of life in Scotlandās islands: while most respondents rate their local environment very highly and a majority indicate that theyāre likely to remain in the islands for the next five years, challenges persist regarding housing, jobs, transport, fuel poverty, and speed and reliability of digital connections. More information from
āThe mainstream view among key stakeholders was that differences between systems ā grazing or indoor ā donāt matter for animal welfare, economic or environmental outcomes, but management is more important.ā New research on the attitudes of people working in the UK dairy sector has revealed that many dairy farmers believe cows should graze for part of the year. Findings of the āCows eat grass, donāt they?ā study, funded by the British Academy and the Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks (EPIC), shine a light on the perspectives of those working in the UK dairy industry, touching upon
There are likely to be increases in demands for environmental monitoring data and its interpretation, due to changes in corporate sustainability reporting and financial disclosure activities related to climate and biodiversity crises (and broader sustainability crisis) that are essential for supporting organisations and countries in their post-COVID green recovery strategies. In part, this is being driven by the activities of three task forces: the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and Taskforce on Scaling