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NatureScot Research Report 1316 - Guidance and recommendations for native oyster enhancement projects in Scotland.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Donnan, D. & Bromley, C. & Kent, F.

Content type: Reports

This report presents guidance for European native oyster (Ostrea edulis) enhancement projects in Scotland, supplementing existing frameworks and resou...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Grid References for Biological Recording [version 1].

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Content type: Educational material

This paper provides information on grid reference for biological recording. The crucial part of a biological record is the location of the species bei...

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NatureScot research report 1286 - seagrass restoration in Scotland - handbook and guidance.

Published online: 10 Oct 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Kent, F. & Lilley, R. & Unsworth, R. & Cunningham, S. & Begg, T. & Boulcott, P. & Jeorrett, C. & Horsburgh, R. & Michelotti, M.

Content type: Reports

This handbook has been developed by NatureScot in collaboration with Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) and Project Seagrass to inform and guide po...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Introduction to Taxonomy [version 1].

Published online: 23 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Asaw, D. & Brown, K. D. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This guidance note defines taxonomy, presents its history, and explains taxonomic ranks, groups of relatedness and the naming of organisms.

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Site-specific nutrient management: implementation guidance for policymakers and investors.

Published online: 13 Dec 2018

Authors: Richards, M. B. & Butterbach-Bahl, K. & Jat, M. L. & Lipinski, B. & Ortiz-Monasterio, I. & Sapkota, T.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This brief discusses site-specific nutrient management (SSNM), which provides guidance relevant to the context of farmers' fields. SSNM maintains or e...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Biological Recording [version 1].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Brown, K. D. & Dillon, H. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This note explains what a biological record is, how to improve the data resolution and data quality of a biological record, the process of submission,...

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NatureScot Research Report 1211 - Establishing woodland plants in broadleaved woods - interim best practice guidance for conservation translocations.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Worrell, R. & Holl, K. & Long, D. & Laverack, G. & Edwards, C. & Fuentes-Montemayor, E. & Crawford, C. L.

Content type: Reports

This report sets out interim best practice guidance on how to establish small populations of common woodland plants in broadleaved woods that can then...

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Guidelines for privately protected areas.

Published online: 30 Oct 2019

Authors: Mitchell, B. & Stolton, S. & Bezaury-Creel, J. & Bingham, H. C. & Cumming, T. L. & Dudley, N. & Fitzsimons, J. A. & Malleret-King, D. & Redford, K. H. & Solano, P. & Groves, C.

Content type: Bulletin

These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and pol...

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Evidence shortfalls in the recommendations and guidance underpinning ecological mitigation for infrastructure developments.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Hunter, S. B. & Ermgassen, S. S. E. zu & Downey, H. & Griffiths, R. A. & Howe, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. In the United Kingdom and European Union, legal protection of species from the impacts of infrastructure development depends upon a number of ecolo...

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Integrated coastal management for the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: practical guidance for implementation based on experience and lessons learned from coastal and ocean governance in the Seas of East Asia.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Content type: Bulletin

At the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, the Parties adopted a 10-year S...

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