Professor Davy McCracken FRSE
Head of Integrated Land Management Department, SRUC
Professor Davy McCracken is an agricultural ecologist who has been Head of SRUC’s Hill & Mountain Research Centre since 2013 and Head of SRUC’s wider Integrated Land Management Department since 2019. He is involved in providing advice and guidance on agricultural and agri-environmental policy development to a wide range of national and international governmental and NGO committees. Davy is currently inputting to the development of both Scotland’s new agricultural support policy and future biodiversity strategy. He is also heavily involved in knowledge exchange using a wide variety of media and inputting to land manager focussed events both on and off the SRUC upland research farms near Crianlarich.
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Scotland is demanding so many uses from its land that conflicts are inevitable. This piece offers a means of trying to resolve the conflicts.
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The Spring 2023 edition of ReSourcE focuses primarily on biodiversity – why it's under threat, why it matters, and what can be done to tackle the biodiversity crisis. From the latest scientific research to innovative conservation projects and policy initiatives across a range of sectors, we look at the current state of biodiversity in Scotland, the UK and internationally, and the efforts being made to protect it.
