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This page is no longer updated. The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute joined forces with SCRI joined forces on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute.
Award of Excellence
The Institute's external newsletter, in-land, received an Award of Excellence in the Best External Newsletter category at the 2007 CiB Awards Scotland held in Glasgow in February 2008.
Spring 2011
We hope you enjoy reading our latest edition of in-land.
This issue features highlights from 'Science into Action' when the Institute was opened to local Primary and Secondary schools for a week in June (page 8), a summary of the 34th T.B. Macaulay Lecture (page 10), details of researcher Javier Pérez-Barbería's award from The University of Navarra, Spain (page 7) as well as a review from the 2010 Royal Highland Show.
Also find out why the Institute is the 'most influential in Britain' (page 5).
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Spring/Summer 2010
The theme of this edition is the 'active outdoors' as we introduce our research on the issue of dogs in countryside areas (page 7), assess future outdoor recreation demand (page 11) , highlight tick-borne diseases (page 12) and introduce the new public access trail at Glensaugh Research Station (page 36).
Also featured are the Institute's new Scanning Electron Microscope and our new era of microscopy and imaging (page 18) creative images exploring the links between art and science (page 8) plus the competition winners from our 'How is Rural Scotland Changing' photographic competition (page 28) and the premiere of the Climate Change Installation at the Scottish Parliament in February.
Autumn/Winter 2009
This issue's featured articles relate to 'landscape change'. On page six we outline how landscape changes through time can be revealed through a comparison of historical and contemporary photographs, Willie Towers, one of several colleagues involved in the both the original and current re-sampling of the National Soil Inventory of Scotland (NSIS) offers his own personal perceptions and reflections of how the Scottish landscape has changed (page 14) and the the theme of landscape change continues with the results of our Moments in Time photography competition (page 20).
Also featured are the 33rd T.B. Macaulay Lecture, highlights from Open Doors - the open day held at the Institute in June 2009, a project we are leading aimed at, as the title suggests, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation through Alternative Land uses in Rainforests of the Tropics and blogs from the winner of the student bursary who attended the British Science Festival.
Spring/Summer 2009
In this issue we take the opportunity to celebrate the occasion of Charles Darwin’s 200th Birthday with a series of articles highlighting how current work at the Institute relates to the groundbreaking work that he achieved.
We also introduce Janeemo, a new Climate Futures project which aims to develop a sustainable bio-fuels programme in Malawi by providing villagers with the resources to grow and process bio-fuels for household and village needs.
Plus there is the usual round-up of our recent research findings and activities, including news on the Institute’s work building natural resource monitoring systems in Ethiopia, and the latest update from Glensaugh Research Station.
Summer 2008
This issue reports on the Soil Forensics Internations Conference, held in Edinburgh and organised by the Institute, and a Climate Change briefing to Scottish Ministers, in which Macaulay scientists participated.
It also features news of the Institute's "While-U-Wait" contaminated food detector and details of a Murder, Mystery and Microscopes evening to be held at the BA Festival of Science.
Autumn 2007
This issue covers the visit of Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead, to the Institute's newly refurbished National Soil Archive of Scotland.
It also reports on the first meeting between key individuals from the farming and environmental sector with the scientists carrying out the government's research into the future of Scotland's countryside
in-land Autumn 2007 (6MB pdf)
Spring 2007
The Spring edition includes a report on the celebrations surrounding the 30th Macaulay Lecture, given by African wildlife expert Professor Tony Sinclair, and details of the first visit from a member of our Canadian founder's family for over sixty years.
In addition, this issue features news of our ongoing forensics research, a report of our successful biodiversity exhibit and explains why we shouldn't be taking soil for granted...
in-land Spring 2007 (2MB pdf)
Spring 2006
In this edition, we report on new research proposing alternative livelihoods for Afghanistan's opium growers, the feasibility of reintroducing the lynx to Scotland and a report on the Virtual Landscape Theatre's appearance at the Scottish Parliament.
There is also a round-up of recent events within the Institute, including a feature on the 29th Macaulay Lecture, which was given by world renowned climate change expert, Professor John Schellnhuber CBE.
in-land Spring 2006 (1MB pdf)
- No. 12 Summer 2005 - Macaulay unveils Virtual Landscape Theatre (300KB pdf)
- No. 11 Summer 2004 - Science and Politics meet (300KB pdf)
- No. 10 Summer 2003 - Agriculture and the Environment (300KB pdf)
- No. 9 Summer 2002 - Achieving Scientific Excellence (300KB pdf)
- No. 8 Winter 2001 - Communicating with Diverse Audiences (300KB pdf)
- No. 7 Summer 2001 - Looking to the Future (600KB pdf)
- No. 6 Winter 2000 - Strategic Research has Global Relevance (900KB pdf)
- No. 5 Spring 2000 - Don't stop investing in the future (700KB pdf)
- No. 4 Winter 1999 - Uncertainty, the Precautionary Principle and Evidence-Based Policies (300KB pdf)
- No. 3 Spring 1999 - Creating sustainable solutions for our land and people: rural land use research at the Macaulay (300KB pdf)
- No. 2 Autumn 1998 - 'Streetscapes' Project aims to create town centres you want to live in! (200KB pdf)
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