NatureScot Seminar Presentation Collection

NatureScot seminars

NatureScot seminars are organised to foster conversations and share knowledge and experiences across the government agencies. Our guest speakers include scientists, environmentalists, policy makers and industry representatives.

Seminar Presentation - High resolution Scotland - wild landcover, Natural Capital and Restoration Opportunity mapping - Professor Edward Mitchard

Ed Mitchard is Chief Scientific Advisor and Co-Founder of Space Intelligence. He is a Professor of Global Change Mapping at Edinburgh University and a leading authority on mapping land use cover and change using satellites. Space Intelligence have been working with NatureScot on a Can Do Innovation Fund Challenge - "AI for Good - How can we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to tackle the climate emergency?"

Ed's presentation is a chance to learn about our response to the challenge and how we created a complete and repeatable map of habitats and land use in Scotland.

Older seminar presentations 

• Nov 2019 - Is soil too valuable for growing food? – The rise of vertical farming - Professor Colin Campbell
• Oct 2019 - Seabirds as monitors of pollutants and fisheries, and the challenge of conserving seabird populations - Professor Bob Furness

• Oct 2019 - How can the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) use environmental regulation to help drive a fundamental transformation of our economy? - Terry A’Hearn

• Aug 2019 - Tackling challenges to long-lived organisms - Professor Chris Quine

• Aug 2019 - Information on services available to farmers and crofters through the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) One to One service - Caroline Wood

• July 2019 - Dynamic Coast: supporting coastal management and enhanced coastal resilience - Dr Jim Hansom

• July 2019 Beavers in Devon – what happens next? - Mark Elliot

• June 2019 -  Who cares for Nature? The challenges we all face - Sir John Lister-Kaye

• June 2019 - Life in the Cadzow woods - Professor Jeanne Robinson

• May 2019 - Why Study deer? - Professor Steve Albon