Delivering
Sustainable Outcomes
for Rural Scotland

Our research aims to increase knowledge of environmental change and, in turn, provide better ways of managing our natural resources in a more sustainable way for the benefit of Scotland’s people. The research addresses four primary objectives:

• Enhancing Water Quality
• Protecting the Nation’s Soils
• Conserving the Natural Heritage
• Developing Rural Scotland

This multi-disciplinary programme is being undertaken by social and economic scientists working together with environmental scientists, geographers, mathematicians and statisticians from:

• Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland (BioSS),
• The Macaulay Institute,
• Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh (RBGE),
• Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), and
• Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI).

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Programme 3 co-ordinator:

Professor Steve Albon,
Macaulay Institute.