Conferences
North-East Scotland Ecology Network (NESEN)
Phil Bouchet (BioSS) attended the NESEN Annual Science Day in Aberdeen on 8th October, and presented a poster on “Quantifying the effects of offshore wind development on seabird-prey dynamics”.
BOU Birds and Net Zero conference
Several members of the PrePARED team attended the BOU autumn conference in York on 24th October. The meeting theme was “Birds and net zero: mechanisms, impacts and solutions in the transition to clean energy”.
The team gave two presentations on PrePARED: Christopher Pollock (UKCEH) on “How do cumulative effects of offshore wind farms scale with increasing exposure to breeding seabirds?” and Katherine Whyte (BioSS) on “Understanding predator-prey interactions in the context of offshore wind farm development”. Kate Searle (UKCEH) also co-organised the meeting and chaired a session.
Ensuring Transferability: An Evidence Bridge Approach
Report 005, prepared by SMRU Consulting and SMRU, was released this month looking at evidence-based decision making in environmental conservation and management.
The report summarises a process using ‘evidence bridges’ to support decision making, noting the current challenge of differing pressures, drivers and timelines between researchers and key stakeholders.
