Coasts @ Hutton
Contact:
Emily Hastings
01224 395150 (direct dial)
Email
Introduction:
New legislation will provide a focus for coastal and marine management in Scotland and a requirement for innovative research and adaptive management. This will bring new responsibilities for us all as we strive to optimise economic growth whilst enhancing the delivery of ecosystem services.
Our research and consultancy services aim to protect resources and propose mitigation measures against impacts. Much of this is in collaboration with partners across the UK and internationally and working closely with communities.
We place great emphasis on working closely with communities; harnessing local knowledge, and facilitating local people to become involved in decision making and managing their environment.
The two-way process of knowledge exchange is a fundamental part of our work. We aim to disseminate information in accessible formats including visualisations, presentations, reports, seminars and newsletters
Services:
- Stakeholder engagement
- Landscape and development visualisation
- Site Evaluation
- Policy Implications
- Water quality assessment
- Habitat and species surveys
- Coastal governance
- Coastal planning
- Spatial mapping
Projects:
- Pathogen impact on bathing waters
- Climate change and coast flooding
- Sand dune communities and climate change
- Attitudes towards biodiversity management
- Visualisation and coastal developments
- Carbon stocks in salt marshes
- Implications of copper (CU) on estuarine functioning
- State of the East Grampian Coast Report
Read more about Coasts @ Hutton on our website.
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Updated: 29 Oct 2011, Content by: AM
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