Reading Time: 4 minutes The Scottish Government has introduced Regulations that will provide beavers (the Eurasian Beaver, otherwise known as the European Beaver) in Scotland with European Protected Species
Category: Rural Affairs
How are fishing quotas set? Stage 3: The EU December Council
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog is the third in a series of posts setting out the process for determining quotas for fish stocks. The main stages are set
Guest blog – The Role of Precision Agriculture in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee concluded taking evidence as part of its consideration of the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill (the Bill) in
Guest blog – Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cropping Systems
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee has recently concluded taking evidence as part of its consideration of the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction
How are fishing quotas set? Stage 2: coastal State negotiations
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog is the second in a series of posts setting out the process for determining quotas for fish stocks. The three stages are set
Scottish Wildcats
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog takes a brief look at what is happening in the world of wildcat conservation, and at the re-introduction of other species with widespread
Land use policy and public goods
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis week a group of organisations that work on environmental, agricultural, land use and rural policy are hosting a conference to discuss how best to
Guest blog – Livestock health and greenhouse gases: Ruminating on climate change
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn Tuesday 13 November, the Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee took evidence from the agricultural sector, as part of its consideration of
Guest blog – What we eat, and meeting our climate change commitments
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn Tuesday 13 November, the Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee will take evidence from the agricultural sector, as part of its consideration
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: Commercial fishing
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn 23 August 2018, the UK Government began publishing technical notes on the effect of a no-deal Brexit. These notes are intended to provide guidance