Future events
For further details of these events, contact Jane Lund, 01224 395000.
For details of other public science events in Scotland, visit Engaging Scotland.
11 August 2010
Farming - What's going on over the fence?
Steff Ferguson of Landcare NorthEast will lead an introductory session visiting a mixed farm. Take a look at current practices, incentives and environmental improvements. Get to grips with the new and existing agri-environment schemes and hear first hand from a farmer what they think of it all. The session aims to help you improve links with your neighbours and aid interpretation of the landscape on guided walks.
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Meeting place: Venue to be confimed: Keith/Huntly area
Cost: £50 SCRA members, volunteers or students / £75 non-members
Please bring a packed lunch.
Contact: Steff Ferguson on 013398 81376 or email
Date to book by: Friday 30th July
12 August 2010
Photographic Evidence for Climate Change
Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer won a World Press Photo Award in 2007 for their striking images of footballers. Since 2004, they have concentrated on documenting the human cost of climate change across the globe, travelling to 16 countries in all continents, from Australia to the Alps to record the impact upon communities in desert, forest, mountain and glacial environments. Join them and see the results of their work in a special presentation of their photographic essay. Chaired by Robin Harper MSP, the Scottish Green Party.
Committee Room 1, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, 14:00
Tickets available in advance (subject to a booking fee) or on the day. More information.
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Documenting Climate Change – Does Photography Make a Difference?
Many photo journalists are now working co-operatively with scientists, campaigners and stakeholder groups to catalogue the impacts of climate change and draw attention to the relevant issues. Join award winning photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer, photographer Abbie Trayler-Smith, and photographer and founder of the Hard Rain Project Mark Edwards as they discuss what photo journalism may add to the climate change debate. Chaired by Professor Richard Aspinall, Chief Executive of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. In association with the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
Committee Room 1, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, 16.00
Tickets available in advance (subject to a booking fee) or on the day. More information.
24 - 25 August 2010
3rd Scottish Biodiversity Conference: Bringing People and Biodiversity Together
Strathclyde University, McCance Building, John Anderson Campus, Glasgow
6 September 2010
- Our Climate Change Installation will be at Satrosphere, Aberdeen from this date.
13 September 2010
Techfest: The Importance of Body Odour to Scots Pine
Like other coniferous trees, Scots Pine contains chemicals which can be toxic or repellent against herbivores and pathogens. Concentrations vary widely between individual trees but how does this variation influence the biodiversity of their associated community?
Speaker: Glenn Iason
Location: Satrosphere at lunchtime
15 - 17 September 2010
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International Symposium: The End of Tradition? Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in
the LandscapeSheffield Hallam University
Download leaflet (includes booking form and programme)
21 September 2010
Techfest: Flood Resilient Communities
How can we improve flood risk planning and implement good flood warnings? How should we respond to differences in how flood risk information is interpreted and utilised and improve resilience to consequences of flood risk?
Speaker: Simon Langan
Location: Huntly Library at lunchtime
21 - 22 September 2010
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25th New Phytologist Symposium: Colonization of the terrestrial environment
Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol
17 - 19 October 2010
Location: Arizona State University
For further conference details see: www.glp2010.org
2 - 4 November 2010
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3rd International Workshop on Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics
Location: Long Beach, California
Abstract submission deadline - 11 May 2010
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