Policy, biodiversity, and conservation – join us in Edinburgh in October
Together with the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy’s Science and Technical Group and CIEEM, the BES and its Scottish Policy Group will be holding a one-day conference on 3 October 2014 at the Royal...
View ArticleThe Who, the What, and the How of Policymaking in Scotland: Reflections on...
What exactly do we mean by “policy”? What role does science play in its formulation? How can scientists effectively communicate with policymakers? What do policymakers want from scientists? And does...
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Scottish Policy Group: 2014 Activities Read the report of the Scottish Policy Group’s activities in 2014 from the latest edition of the BES Bulletin. Scottish Biodiversity Conference 2nd & 3rd...
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Scottish Policy Group: 2013 Activities Scottish Parliament Launch of Ecological Issues 19th September 2013, Holyrood, Edinburgh The 2013 edition of Ecological Issues – the Impact of Extreme Events on...
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Scottish Policy Group: 2012 Activities “Challenges for Scotland’s Biodiversity: From the Soils to the Skies” – A joint meeting with the Biodiversity Science Group Scotland and British Society of Soil...
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Scottish Policy Group: 2015 Activities Forthcoming Events More events coming soon…. Past Events Scottish Environment Week REFIT Webinar Wednesday 6th May: Pie and a Pint – Conservation Conflicts Past...
View ArticleManaging conservation conflict with a Pie and a Pint
By Chris Pollard, University of Stirling This blog was originally posted on the Stirling Conservation Science Blog I’m sitting down to write this shortly after the UK General Election result, which has...
View ArticleLooking forward to 2020: A route map for Scotland’s biodiversity
In October 2010, the world’s governments met in Aichi to establish twenty targets aimed at halting global biodiversity loss by the end of the decade. Now, halfway through the UN Decade of Biodiversity,...
View ArticleIntroducing the BES Scottish Policy Group: informing environment and science...
By Isabel Jones, Communications Rep., BES Scottish Policy Group A group of active BES members make up the BES Scottish Policy Group (BES-SPG), and we work to promote the use of ecological knowledge in...
View ArticleThe International Year of Soils – 10 months in
By Sam MacNab, Communications Rep., Scottish Policy Group Soil might not be the most glamorous subject within ecology but with 7.3 billion people dependent on it for food production it’s certainly one...
View ArticlePeople and policy: how best to communicate science
By Isabel Jones, Communications Representative, BES Scottish Policy Group It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the BES Scottish Policy Group, attending the ‘Science and the Parliament 2015’ one-day...
View ArticleEcosystem services or ecosystem shame?
By Dr Hannah Grist, Communications Representative, Scottish Policy Group This month heralds the event that everyone has been waiting for and looking forward to all year: yes, the BES annual meeting is...
View ArticleAn Early Visit to Janus
By Dr Rob Brooker, Chair, Scottish Policy Group At this time of year, with the shops stuffed with stuff and pubs offering some welcome respite from December’s gloom and wet, it’s hard not to get a...
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The BES Scottish Policy Group Are you interested in informing the development of environment and science policy in Scotland? Join the BES Scottish Policy Group. Find out more about the Scottish Policy...
View ArticleGetting to grips with citizen science
By Dr Hannah Grist, Scottish Policy Group Communications Rep. Hannah Grist is CoCoast Project Officer at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, where she co-ordinates the Capturing our Coast...
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Scottish Policy Group: 2016 Activities Pie and a Pint: Protected Areas 20 April 2016, Summerhall, Edinburgh 16:30 – 18:30 Join us for our next Pie and a Pint Night to discuss the role of protected...
View ArticleBeyond Protected Areas
By Isabel Jones, Communications Representative, BES Scottish Policy Group April’s “Pie And A Pint” (PAAP) night saw lively discussion between BES Scottish Policy Group members, NGO representatives,...
View ArticleGetting your science into policy: the importance of trust, values and...
By Ruth Mitchell, Chair, BES Scottish Policy Group Many of us like to think of ourselves as applied ecologists, that our research is of relevance and will be ‘of use’ to ‘someone, somewhere’. However...
View ArticleA strategic plan for the land: helpful, or even possible?
By Rob Brooker, James Hutton Institute, Secretary, BES Scottish Policy Group How can we develop a strategic approach to managing complex land use systems to develop a unified vision? Rob Brooker...
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