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Explore ecosystem health indicators Scotland's environment web

WEBEcosystem health is a measure of the status of ecosystems, through a combination of three inter-related elements: Condition of components – how far from a …

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Riverfly on the Esk Scotland's environment web

WEBRiverfly on the Esk is a Citizen Science project launched in July 2017, located on the Lothian Esk, Midlothian ( River Esk Map ). It joins a nationwide network of Riverfly …

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Ecosystem health indicators Scotland's environment web

WEBResilience indicators. Resilience indicators measure the extent to which the health of ecosystems can be sustained under human and environmental pressures. In turn, this …

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Soils in Scotland Scotland's soils

WEBSoils in Scotland. Soils play an essential part in all of our lives. They affect our health, our environment and our economy. Healthy soils can provide us with a wide range of …

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Air quality and health Scotland's environment web

WEBOverview of the project. The project was a collaboration between Health Protection Scotland (HPS), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Health …

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Monitoring soil health in Scotland by land use category

WEBThis scoping study takes 13 potential soil health indicators identified in a 2020 report for CXC and considers their strategic relevance to monitoring soil health in …

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Health and well-being

WEBNovember 2011 Page 2 Although this continues to be important, there is increasing recognition that creating safe, positive and sustainable natural environments nurtures …

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Resilience indicators Scotland's environment web

WEBResilience is a property which allows an ecosystem to maintain its characteristics under the impacts of human impacts. These may be either positive, such as habitat restoration, or …

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Home Scotland's environment web

WEBScotland’s environment web is a shared environmental hub for the EELG – Economy, Environment and Leadership Group and other contributing partners. This website relies …

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Soils Scotland's environment web

WEBScotland has a wide variety of soil types. This is because our soils are created from a range of rocks and sediments by number of processes controlled by the climate …

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Our environment Scotland's environment web

WEBScotland’s land is a valuable asset, which has evolved over billions of years and is constantly changing. Subsurface land provides us with valuable resources (minerals, …

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People and the environment Scotland's environment web

WEBProgress is being made to reduce waste and increase recycling in Scotland, providing environmental and economic benefits. Activities of people impact on the environment, …

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State of the environment

WEB2014 state of the environment report. The 2014 state of the environment report provides an assessment of Scotland’s environment and how it is changing. It is based on …

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Scottish partnership identifies Covid-19 RNA traces through waste …

WEBScientists at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) have successfully pinpointed fragments of coronavirus’ ribonucleic acid (RNA) in local waste …

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Indicator 8: Connectivity Scotland's environment web

WEBthe permeability of the intervening land cover (i.e. the ecological ‘cost’ distance of species movement) the dispersal abilities of the species in question. A full methodology is given …

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A bloomin’ year for algae and cyanobacteria

WEBScotland's environment blog. A bloomin’ year for algae and cyanobacteria. Summers are becoming hotter and drier, with winter rainfall and storm frequency …

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Indicator 2: Protected nature sites Scotland's environment web

WEBThese designations seek to protect the best examples of these features. There are 1,866 protected sites in Scotland, (although some of their boundaries overlap,) which host a …

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Indicator 6: Freshwater Scotland's environment web

WEBThis indicator is prepared by Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Adobe Acrobat Reader is the free, trusted leader for reliably viewing, annotating and signing PDFs. The …

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