Innovation in Upland Livestock Systems – Environmental Resilience

Professor Davy McCracken writes on the Environmental Resilience focused work emerging from the SRUC’s Hill & Mountain Research Centre.

2022:

• April 2022: Technology can help farmers meet net-zero goals

2021:

• October 2021: Biodiversity, climate change and COP26 (Podcast)
• September 2021: The importance of peatlands (Video)
• May 2021: Farms can help tackle the biodiversity crisis

2020:

• December 2020: Delivering benefits for public on farms can be a win-win
• December 2020 – Reducing our carbon footprint (podcast)
• February 2020 – Agroforestry in Scotland (Podcast)
• May 2020 – Wader strategy must recognise predators role
• February 2020 – Improvements to land use and production key

2019:

• April 2019 – The benefits of agri-environment management at Kirkton & Auchtertyre farms (Podcast)
• March 2019 – Integrating trees into an upland farm
• March 2019 – The multiple benefits of water margins on an upland farm
• March 2019 – The benefits of wader scrapes on an upland farm
• March 2019 – Farmers can be key to the survival of wading birds

2018:

• November 2018 – Delivering biodiversity at a landscape scale takes vision
• Autumn 2018 – Hill farming and water quality
• September 2018 – Striking the balance in deer management
• July 2018 – Trying to win birds back
• February 2018 – Reasons to be positive about hill farming

 

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