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Livestock breeds and greenhouse gas emissions

Different animals emit different levels of greenhouse gases. This report pulls together the current evidence for different types, size and breeds of cattle in Scotland.

Land use
A framework for benchmarking greenhouse gas emissions intensity in Scottish farming

Developing a robust method for generating intensity data for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on Scottish farms.

Land use
Mitigation measures in the ‘smart inventory’: Practical abatement potential in Scottish agriculture

This report summarises the extent certain agricultural practice changes in Scotland are (or could be) recognised in the smart inventory.

Land use
Payment for carbon sequestration in soils: A scoping study

This report examines how Scotland’s agricultural soils might sequester carbon as part of an overall approach to mitigate against, and adapt to, climate change.

Land use
Climate benefits of forest-to-bog restoration on deep peat – Policy briefing

This briefing draws together the results of several projects that examined how the peatland responds when trees are removed from former conifer plantations on deep peat and the drainage channels are blocked.

Land use
Private Water Supplies in a changing climate: Insights from 2018

An assessment of the impact of the 2018 summer heatwave on private water supplies in Scotland.

Land use Resilient places
Water scarcity, climate change and land use options

This report looks at this future risk of water scarcity in Scotland, and the link between water scarcity and land use options.

Resilient places Land use
Cross-cutting adaptation policy: a case study of Lyme disease

A method for characterising and analysing a cross-sectoral adaptation issue

Resilient places Land use
Comparative analysis of farm-based carbon audits

This report is a comparative analysis of farm-based carbon audits. It draws together evidence on the effectiveness of existing tools deployed in the UK, Europe and the wider world.

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Soil erosion and compaction in Scottish soils: adapting to a changing climate

This report collates the current state of confident knowledge for Scotland – what we know, what we don’t know and what is under active debate.

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Agroforestry in Scotland – potential benefits in a changing climate

This report identifies the potential benefits of increasing the use of agroforestry practice in Scotland to both farmers and wider society and aims to support wider discussion and implementation.

Land use
Climate Change, Natural Capital and Adaptation in Scotland’s Marginal Lands

Assessment of dominant ways farmers adapt to climate change, and their impact on different services.

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