The next Scottish Freshwater Group (SFG) meeting will take place on 30 October 2025 as a hybrid event. The meeting will feature a focused agenda discussion on “Nature-based solutions for freshwater restoration” led by SFG Guest Coordinator Alan Law...
A report has been published by CREW on prioritising research and development gap opportunities for river woodlands. The report was authored by a team of scientists from the James Hutton Institute and University of Aberdeen. River woodlands (RW) play...
A paper has been published on the development of a decision framework for selecting between riparian management measures for farmed land. The open access paper and tool is published in Water and Environment Journal and is authored by a team of...
CREW has published a report on the effect of shellfish, kelp and sea grass beds on flood risk and coastal erosion in Scotland. The report was written by a team of scientists from Heriot Watt University. The project aimed to evaluate how well...
ClimateXChange has just published a soil route map for Scotland. The aim of this route map is to consolidate the challenges of managing soil systems to develop an overarching strategy for delivering improved soil security across Scottish landscapes...
A paper has been published on the hydro-geomorphic effects of wooden leaky barriers (LBs) in a steep headwater stream. The open access paper is published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms and authored by a team of scientists in the James...
A podcast has been released by Farming and Water Scotland that discusses the 'Magic Margin' approach. In this podcast, they talk with David Boldrin from the James Hutton Institute about how magic margins can be used to help reduce diffuse pollution...
A webinar recording is now available that summarises the new Working With Natural Processes Evidence Directory update. Working with natural processes (WWNP) aims to protect, restore and emulate the natural functions of catchments, floodplains,...
Scotland’s Flood Resilience Conference 2025 was held in Edinburgh on the 28th and 29th January. The theme of the conference was on taking action to implement the Flood Resilience Stratergy. Organised by Verture, the event built on Scotland’s first...
The Environment Agency have published an update to the Working with Natural Processes evidence directory. This was developed in collaboration with JBA Consulting. The Working with Natural Processes Evidence Directory was first published in 2017 and...
SpongeScapes is a Horizon Europe project uniting 14 case studies across Europe to advance the understanding and implementation of sponge measures—nature-based solutions that restore landscapes' natural capacity to absorb, temporarily store, and...
