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- with the policy challange: Land use
Can silvo-pastoral agroforestry systems contribute to Scotland’s emission reduction targets?
Integrating woodlands or forests with forage and livestock production systems can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Agroforestry systems can also provide...
Assessing climate risk to Notified Features
Many conservation activities are focussed around what are known as Notified Features. These are the specific features of a site,...
On-farm technologies for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland
This report looks at options for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from Scottish Farms. It analyses a range of options...
Review of the climate implications of land use change
Scotland's Land Use Strategy enables informed decision making about how Scotland can make the most of its land's potential now...
Projecting infection risk to wheat production
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of wheat. It’s one of the top food safety concerns associated with...
The WISE peatland tool
A decision support tool summarising the information available at national scale on peatland locations and various condition indicators.
Adaptation of Native Woodlands in Scotland
Native woodland adaptation to climate change has been identified as an area that needs further investigation. ClimateXChange’s work in this...
Adaptive Forest Management and Climate Change – A New Toolkit for Scotland’s Epiphytes
Scotland's nature is important to all aspects of our lives, but it also has some very specialised species that can...
Modelling the risk of specific parasites to UK sheep under predicted climate change
As climate change makes Scottish summers warmer and wetter, livestock farmers will face new or increased threats from diseases and...
Land estates in Scotland: Perceptions of climate change and climate policy Implications for future policy support
Most of Scotland’s rural land – 83% - belongs to private estates. In 2012 half of this land was owned...
Increasing the integration of farming and forestry in Scotland: a summary of recent research
Creating woodland on agricultural land can be a highly effective way of mitigating climate change. However, planting rates over the...
Modelling the carbon abatement costs and potential from perennial energy crops
Biomass could supply 8–11% of the UK’s total primary energy demand by 2020, with the greatest growth in UK domestic...
