Integrated Pest Management and the Voluntary Initiative
How can you improve pesticide management on farm?
How can you improve pesticide management on farm? In this podcast we chat with Neal…
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The 4 Point Plan
Water Scarcity: Impacts across Scotland
What does water scarcity mean for Scotland?
Water scarcity occurs when there is not enough water to meet the demands of humans…
Catchment Management Plans – why are they important?
Here Ann-Marie MacMaster, Land Use and Nature-Based Solutions Project Officer with The River South Esk Partnership explains more.
Catchment management plans bring together all aspects of the water environment. They take into account…
Sustaining Scottish soils
Sarah Buckingham, SAC Consulting
The importance of soils Soils underpin all nature-based systems, therefore, are vital in supporting Scotland’s…
Sustainable solutions to bank erosion: how trees can help protect Scotland’s riverbanks
Helen Reid, SEPA
Scotland’s rivers are facing increasing challenges due to more frequent and intense flood events. As…
Pit silage Vs. Bales
Fiona Salter, SAC Consulting and Robert Hunter, West Tarbrax Farm
Making and storing silage is an expensive operation. How you choose to store silage needs…
Sustainable Bank Protection: willow spiling
Willow spiling and bank regrading on the River Don
Willow spiling and bank regrading on the River Don Beidleston Farm, on the River Don,…
Sustainable Bank Protection: regrading with large trees and willow
Regrading banks and willow planting in the Scottish Borders
How can you cope with a high energy river that is eroding a bank and…
Sustainable Bank Protection: brash bundles & root wads
Brash bundles and root wads on Milton Burn
Milton burn was experiencing severe erosion on its banks and the team wanted to explore…
Sustainable Bank Protection: Guidance and Rules
Sustainable Bank Protection: Guidance and GBR
Sustainable Bank Protection: Guidance and GBR Including sustainable bank protection within your management plans to…
Natural Flood Management Podcast
Riverbank Stabilisation – what do you need to do?
Riverbank stabilisation features can been a key solution to protecting riverbanks and safeguarding key agricultural land.
In this podcast episode we chat with Helen Reid, Senior Hydromorphologist from SEPA and Alex…
Organic matter – why is it important?
Organic matter, why is it important, what benefits does it bring to the soil? In this podcast we discuss organic matter, from what it is, to the benefits that can be gained from improving the quantity in your soil.
Organic matter, why is it important, what benefits does it bring to the soil? In…
Oil Storage: How to ensure you stay safe
Andrew Wallace, SEPA
Fuel and oil are essential resources for the daily operations of farms across Scotland, but…