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March 2010
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Additional funding announced for Malawi biofuels project
26 March 2010
The Scottish Government's International Development Fund has provided a further 3 years funding for a follow-on to the JANEEMO project in Malawi. Project co-ordinator Grant Davidson said, "The project will help to make current and new JANEEMO farmers more productive and better able to add value to their products, link them to prospective markets, assist them to engage effectively with national programmes and institutions which have a direct mandate to support small enterprises, improve their ability to influence terms of trade so their families and communities will benefit from increased and more secure incomes." This new project will involved current JANEEMO partners Entech and Climate Futures and new partner Imani Development.
Deer Commission and SNH to Merge
25 March 2010
Deer Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage will merge on 1st July 2010. The merger was ratified in Parliament on 25th March. The two organisations already have their headquarters in the same building in Inverness. You can find more information on the Scottish Government website.
Macaulay Institute supports Simon King discussion at Word Festival
25 March 2010
Big Cat Diary and Springwatch presenter, Simon King, and his family, reveal the magic and splendour of Shetland, its people and wildlife in Shetland Diaries, a book released to coincide with the BBC2 programme of the same name which aired in February and is due to be repeated in April.
Celebrating International Year of Biodiversity, Simon will be discussing his experiences at the University of Aberdeen's Writers Festival on Friday 14th May.
Sponsored by the Macaulay Land Research Institute, tickets are priced at £5 (£3) and are available from Aberdeen Box Office.
Student Seminar Day
16 March 2010
Congratulations to Heather Smith (Socio-Economics Research Programme) who was judged to have given the best presentation at the Student Seminar Day held at the Institute on 16 March.
Christian Birkel was awarded second place with Loïc Nazaries, who was 'Highly Commended' last year, placed third.
Heather and Christian will both be going forward to represent the Institute at the Science for Life Student Festival on 19 May at the Suttie Centre, organised by the Rowett Institute for Nutrition, University of Aberdeen.
Abstracts and slides of the students' presentations are now available to view on our studentship pages.
World Water Day: Global issues at a local level
17 March 2010
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To help celebrate World Water Day on Monday 22nd March, Susan Cooksley and Simon Langan from the Institute’s Catchment Management Group will be participating in an interactive online event focused on Hydrology, Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) river basins in Scotland.
Organised by the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science at the University of Dundee, the innovative event will be a collective gathering of knowledge, expertise and opinion from amongst the worldwide network of HELP stakeholders with Susan and Simon focussing on the River Dee.
International World Water Day is held annually as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and encouraging the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Water quality is key to human and ecosystem health, but worldwide, many communities face a lack of awareness on water quality issues and lack of capacity to safeguard water supplies. There are numerous add-on benefits to improving water quality including improved ecosystems and ecosystem services, improved health, and improved livelihoods.
At a local level, the Dee Catchment Partnership are working to ensure that the waters of the River Dee catchment are protected for current and future generations to enjoy. The River Dee is considered to be the best example of a large natural highland river in Scotland. The catchment is relatively unusual in the UK in that it contains predominantly upland, semi-natural land use but has isolated areas of significant pressures on water and habitat quality related to agriculture and urbanisation.
A management plan has been developed to guide the sustainable use of the catchment’s river, tributaries and lochs, as well as the habitats and species associated with these waters.
Practitioners and stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors in the Dee river basin are often located in many small towns and smaller settlements which could make travel to a location based conference more difficult, hence the use of an online environment to support the day.
World Water Day videos and presentations from the on-line, interactive seminar are now available to view again online. Log on to the World Water Day pages, and simply click on "The Policy Context", "The River Basins" and "Focus on Water Quality and Flooding" to view the thematically grouped presentations and slideshare presentations, including those by Susan Cooksley and Simon Langan.
Presentations also include those made by the Dundee UNESCO Centre, the Tweed Forum, SEPA and RSPB.
For further information please visit www.be2camp.com.
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