Posted on January 21, 2019
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I haven’t posted on my blog for an embarrassingly long time now – something I will try to rectify in 2019 – however, a recent assignment on my MSc course has given me the perfect opening to get writing again! For context: I am… Continue Reading “Beavering Away on the Farm”
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Category: Conservation, Farming, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, NatureTags: Agriculture, Aspen, Atlantic Salmon, Beaver, CAP, Castor fiber, Countryside, Debate, Ecosystem Engineer, Environment, Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Game, Habitat management, Highlands, Keystone Species, Livestock, Local, MSc, Nature, Norway, River Management, Rural, SciComm, Scotland, SNH, Stakeholder, Tayside, Vlog, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Woodland, Woods
Posted on July 3, 2018
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“This house believes in paying farmers for more than food.” This is the motion that we, the panel, were presented with – to argue for or against – in the Oxford Farming Conference‘s debate at the 2018 Royal Highland Show on the 21st of… Continue Reading “Royal Highland Show: Oxford Farming Conference 2018”
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Category: Crofting, Farming, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, Nature, UncategorizedTags: Africa, Agriculture, CAP, Cattle, Collaboration, Common Agricultural Policy, Community, Cooperation, Economic, Ecosystem Services, Environmental, EU, Farming, Fisheries, Flow Country, Food, Food Production, Forestry, High Nature Value farming, HNV, HNV farming, Hunting, Innovation, Integrated Land Management, Integration, Land management, Landbruk, Local, Norway, Oxford Farming Conference, Peatland, Perverse Incentive, Public Goods, Regenerative Grazing, Resilience, Rewilding, RHS2018, Royal Highland Show, Scottish Land Use Strategy, Sheep, Social, Soil, Soil Degredation, Soil Erosion, Subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Intensification, Uganda, Wild
Posted on May 24, 2018
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The 2018 North Highland College exchange trip to Hedmark University campus at Evenstad, Norway, took place at an interesting time; with discussions around land use, rewilding, and wildlife management coming into public awareness more than they have for a long time… From the start… Continue Reading “A Brief Foray to Norway”
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Category: Conservation, Food, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, Nature, TravelTags: Antlers, Bear, Beaver, Black Grouse, Campfire, Capercaillie, Common Sense, Community, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Cooking, Crofting, Culling, Culture, Ecology, Education, Elk, Environment, Evenstad, Farming, Fisheries, Fishing, Folklore, Forest Management, Forestry, Fox, Game, Grouse, Hedmark, History, Hunting, Jutulhogget Naturreservat, Keystone Species, Land management, Landscape Scale, Lynx, Mitigation, Moose, Nature, North Highland College, Norway, Outdoors, PhD, Pine Marten, Predation, Predators, River Management, Rivers, Road Safety, Roadkill, Scotland, Skogmuseet, Subsistence Hunting, Travel, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Wolf, Wolverine, Woodland, Woodland Grouse, Woods
Wayfaring and Wandering 