governance
April 4, 2022
Galvanising Change via Natural Capital (Project)
This research explores if and how the concept of 'Natural Capital' can influence decision-making in support of sustainability and a Just Transition.
February 2, 2022
MERLIN stands for Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation. MERLIN is a European Horizon 2020 project (2021-2025) with 44 partner organisations across...
May 5, 2021
The James Hutton Institute has announced the appointment of Sir Paul Grice, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, to its Board of Directors as a non-executive director.
Sir Paul held the position of Clerk and Chief...
September 9, 2020
Mountains cover 22% of the world's land surface and are home to about 915 million people. In Europe, mountain ranges cover 36% of the European area and play an essential role in the provision of public and private goods. Despite their...
March 3, 2020
Countries around the world must induce ‘social tipping’ dynamics by introducing far-reaching social and technological changes if they are to successfully decarbonise and prevent the devastating consequences of climate change, an...
November 11, 2019
Understanding and improving the sustainability of agro-ecological farming systems in the EU (Project)
December 12, 2018
UnderStories - Storying woodland use, management and expansion in the Cairngorms National Park (Project)
What is the story with woodlands in the Cairngorms National Park? Or should we say, what are the stories, as there are many threads of stories of actual, former or speculative woodlands weaving in and out that make this area what it...
June 6, 2017
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) is an essential part of the process of adaptive management, the process of learning from our actions in order to update and improve future ecosystem management. Across Europe we have a number of...
March 3, 2017
Our natural resources benefit society in many ways. Therefore, to achieve economic, social and environmental sustainability, management of natural resources must connect and consider multiple goals and issues. However, many existing...
February 2, 2017
Behaviours in relation to rural diffuse pollution (Research Page)
Significant efforts and resources have been deployed to mitigate rural diffuse pollution through regulatory, guidance and voluntary measures. Despite these ongoing efforts, rural diffuse pollution remains a persisten problem. In Scotland, the...
September 9, 2016
Water Research at the James Hutton Institute (Research Page)
The topic of water research involves staff from multiple disciplines at the James Hutton Institute who collaborate on Water Related research. Their work, either as part of our research programme for the Scottish Government or for other...
August 8, 2016
There have been decades of calls for more joined up approaches to water and catchment management, i.e. approaches that integrate multiple interests and objectives. However, integration is a word that can be interpreted in many ways, and...
July 7, 2016
MAGIC takes a fresh look at the Europe’s goals for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the policies and instruments intended to support these goals. Many issues – including water, energy and food security - are interconnected...
January 1, 2016
The GreenHealth project, and its findings, are referenced by the following research teams or outputs:
February 2, 2015
The James Hutton Institute helps to support effective and equitable water management that will be sustainable in the long-term (and in the face of climate change), through its role in supporting a VSO-led project called “"MAJI" (...
January 1, 2015
Policy and Research Briefs (Research Page)
The briefs described on this page are either hosted on the knowledgescotland website, or are available for direct download (pdf format).
August 8, 2014
Publications and Knowledge Exchange
Project outputs include a number of papers in scientific journals, conferences, and events for stakeholders. Examples of such outputs follow:
July 7, 2014
Learning Landscape Partnerships (Project)
Despite many decades of research within protected area landscapes, many protected area management organisations struggle to use scientific expertise in their management and decision making processes. The project has been funded by the Macaulay...
January 1, 2014
This project aims to provide a better understanding of barriers to the adoption and implementation of natural flood management (NFM) in Scotland.
January 1, 2014
Realising Land's Potential stakeholder engagement events (Research Page)
Stakeholder engagement events relating to theme topics
Health and wellbeing conferences and workshops
Date
Title
Theme role
Venue
25 November 2013
December 12, 2013
Sustainable Estates for the 21st Century (Project)
The overall aim of the project was to align upland estate management in Scotland with the concept of sustainability. Funding was provided by the Henry Angest Foundation and it ran from 2007-2011.
Project Objectives
The...
December 12, 2013
Project aims
This project looks at the management of conflicts:
December 12, 2013
Project aim
Orkney Community Empowerment Project (OrkCEmP) is part of the RESAS Theme 8 (Work Package 8.2) work on 'Governance and Decision-making for community empowerment in rural communities', running from 2011-2016. It aims to...
December 12, 2013
Ecosystem Approach Review (Project)
Project aim
This project explored existing examples of the Ecosystem Approach, to identify implications for future equitable and holistic natural resource management.
July 7, 2013
The LandscapePartners Project (Project)
This research project aimed to identify, analyse and assess the contribution of multi-stakeholder partnerships to the sustainable management of rural landscapes and to the well-being of communities in three European countries. In addition, the...
February 2, 2012
COMET-LA was a project coordinated by the University of Cordoba and funded under the European Commission Framework Programme 7. The acronym stands for “COmmunity-based Management of EnvironmenTal challenges in Latin America”. The...
August 8, 2011
Green Health (Project)
Contribution of green and open space in public health and wellbeing
Partners
Lead organisation:
James Hutton Institute (Project Co-ordinator: David Miller)
Research partners:
April 4, 2011
VLT Publications (Page)
Publications in which the VLT is presented or discussed
Wang, C., Miller, D., Brown, I. and Jiang, Y. 2016. Public Participation to Support Wind Energy Development: The Role of 3D GIS and Virtual Reality. In: Proceedings of 24th...
April 4, 2011
VLT Team Members (Page)
The Virtual Landscape Theatre is operated by a team at the Aberdeen offices of the James Hutton Institute. They have been responsible for designing, developing and implementing the theatre, 3D models, and programmes of surveys and community and...
March 3, 2011
Kerry Waylen (Member of Staff)
Kerry Waylen is a senior researcher in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) department at the James Hutton Institute. She builds understanding of how to achieve more 'joined up' approaches to natural resource...
