The prevalence, sources and diversity of antibiotic resistant E. coli in Scottish surface waters: a baseline for risk assessment and intervention targets. Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
The alarming rise in resistance to antibiotics is now widely accepted as being one of the most serious public health crises we face today. The use and overuse of antibiotics in human and animal medicine and especially the overuse in animal food produ... Read More about The prevalence, sources and diversity of antibiotic resistant E. coli in Scottish surface waters: a baseline for risk assessment and intervention targets..

Holdfast: communities and blue carbon Jun 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023
Achieving the potential of Blue Carbon (BC) requires excellent communication with diverse audiences, in particular: 1) communities who live adjacent to, and often depend upon, BC ecosystems. 2) Investors and other potential supporters of BC work. 3)... Read More about Holdfast: communities and blue carbon.

Pollination ecosystem service support by sustainable urban drainage systems Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Pollination ecosystem service support by sustainable urban drainage systems

Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound
Herring helped to generate local income, identity, and societal change for centuries in Scotland, but their numbers on the west coast have been in decline... Read More about Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound.

Bundling seagrass carbon with mangroves Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
The high costs of measuring carbon stocks and increments in subtidal seagrass beds mean that fully accredited seagrass carbon projects, using current standards and protocols, are not usually financially viable. The required precision means that any m... Read More about Bundling seagrass carbon with mangroves.

Impacts of forestry on breeding curlew distribution Mar 1, 2023 - Jun 1, 2023
We were approached by Forestry Commission England (FCE) to consider addressing five key questions they had identified as being important in terms of impact of forestry on curlew over the next 5-10 years and beyond, in order to feed into FCE’s policy... Read More about Impacts of forestry on breeding curlew distribution.

New funding for biodiversity conservation Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
The project will result in a sustainable finance stream for the community for the protection and restoration of coastal ecosystems through a certified credit-generating framework that is highly replicable. The innovation of this project will be disse... Read More about New funding for biodiversity conservation.

Restoring Gambian riverine mangrove wetlands Dec 14, 2023 - Dec 13, 2024
community based mangrove restoration in the Gambia, using new techniques to restore salinised flats and working towards carbon accreditation for long term income

Blue Carbon and Green Seagrass in Kenya Dec 14, 2023 - Dec 13, 2026
developing biodiversity credits to support seagrass conservation in Kenya

Exploring the Relationship between Habitat Biodiversity and Donkey Welfare: A Case Study in Scotland and the North of England May 6, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024
The application was written by Edinburgh Napier 4th year student Skye Kenny, in collaboration with Dr Gavin Ballantyne and partners at the University of the West of England and The Donkey Sanctuary.

The project will start before Skye g... Read More about Exploring the Relationship between Habitat Biodiversity and Donkey Welfare: A Case Study in Scotland and the North of England.

Linking microbial genes to methane emissions from peatlands under water-table changes Jun 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
• Explore methane producing methanogens and methane consuming methanotrophs diversity
and functional genes across multiple peatland sites under water table changes and
quantitatively link it to methane fluxes.
• Study populations... Read More about Linking microbial genes to methane emissions from peatlands under water-table changes.