Scotland’s coastal assets

Scotland’s natural assets provide a wealth of goods and services which are of benefit to human wellbeing.

Scotland’s natural assets provide a wealth of goods and services which are of benefit to human wellbeing, such as food, fuel, climate regulation and recreation opportunities. To ensure a sustainable future we must balance our economic and social activities with these assets.

Our research aims to assign values to our natural assets, identify any threats and propose measures to reduce risks and protect these resources for future generations.

Find out more about our work

• Ecosystem goods and services
• Analytical Services
• Ecosystem functioning
• Carbon cycling
• Carbon stocks in salt marshes
• Coastal soils
• Implications of copper (Cu) on estuarine ecosystem functioning