Ground-breaking Policy Innovation Partnership in the Forth Valley. A £5m UKRI Investment, led by @stiruni. Optimising water resources for people and nature.
Stirling, Scotland
Joined August 2024
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Join our FREE Certified Carbon Literacy Training for SMEs and gain practical knowledge to reduce your carbon footprint and drive positive change.
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#CarbonLiteracy #SMEs #Sustainability #ClimateAction #NetZero #UniversityOfStirling
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Last week I had the amazing opportunity to visit the bed of the Forth and Clyde canal, which has been drained for the first time in 230 years 🤯
Alongside @MartinRhodes21, I met with colleagues from @ScottishCanals and @MackenzieConstr to learn about the incredible work being undertaken at the aqueduct.
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For anyone who needs reminding that Scotland really is a fantastic, magical place, here are some singing seals I saw - and recorded 🎤!!! - on the island of Mingulay today 🦭🏴🎶 – at Vatersay, Scotland
Our Phase 5 Commissioning Fund is OPEN NOW!🚀
Up to £30k for our Business & Innovations Challenges. Projects need to include a FORTH2O Partner.
Find out more and apply here:
forth2o.ac.uk/commissioning-…
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The scale of pollution in UK rivers is undeniable.
The Angling Trust’s Water Quality Monitoring Network has collected over 12,000 water samples across the country, revealing persistent nutrient pollution and declining river health.
Anglers are witnessing these problems first-hand and collecting the data to prove it.
The findings have been highlighted in @thetimes, bringing more attention to the crisis facing UK rivers.
Times coverage: thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
#AnglersAgainstPollution #EndSewagePollution #DirtyBusiness
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Fantastic to welcome @ScotGovRural Ministers Mairi Gougeon MSP and @JimFairlieLogie to Rottal, with thanks to @DeeWardRottal for hosting us.
Lots discussed, but most importantly, it was great to showcase the work landowners like Dee are doing to help rural Scotland thrive!
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💧Great to read this @SEFARIscot case study about Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in action.
Take a look at two of our recent @CREW_waters projects that also feature NbS...
🔗 tinyurl.com/RiverwoodsProjec…
🔗 tinyurl.com/WaterScarcityPre…
#HydrologicalExtremes
When Streams Run Low: Building Drought Resilience Through Nature-Based Solutions 🌱💧
Read out latest case study by @JamesHuttonInst and @aberdeenuni via the link below.
📎tinyurl.com/StreamsRunLow
#HydrologicalExtremes #ClimateAdaptation #WaterScarcity
ALT Nature based solution on the Glenlivet Estate. Photo credit: Dr Mark Wilkinson
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-2C by the Union Canal in Edinburgh.
Only a swan could fall through broken ice so gracefully. 🦢
Phase 4 Commissioning Fund OPEN! Up to £50k/challenge:
IC1: Wastewater recycling incentives
IC2: SME water resilience behaviours
IC3: Water storytelling
IC4: Sustainable equitable water future
IC5: Nature-based water markets (buyers/demand)
Info/apply: forth2o.ac.uk/commissioning-…
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We had a spotty surprise on a recent visit to Wensleydale in North Yorkshire. While some of the local rivers have dry periods, we wouldn't usually expect to see one without water in the autumn time. Here, @ProfJGrey encounters a very tenacious fish 🐟
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One of the great things about living near the Forth at this time of the year is the geese migration. Tonight’s showing was one of the best I’ve seen in years. Here’s a short snippet.
Happy #WorldLakeDay! Scotland’s only “lake,” Menteith, stands out amongst the Forth Basin’s 578 lochs.
Why “lake”? A 19th-century map mis-translation of Laich (Gaelic for "low place").
Explore all 579 water bodies at our beta FORTH2O Data Lab: forth2odata.stir.ac.uk/
Commissioning Fund Phase 3 is OPEN! Focusing on smaller awards this round.
Join our webinar 14 Aug, 9-10 AM for details.
DM or email [email protected] for an invite.
More at forth2o.ac.uk
#CommunityFund #FundingOpportunity
Phase 2 of the FORTH2O Commissioning Fund closes in 1 week!
Grants £750-£100K for innovative water projects, including social science approaches.
Lead applicants must be FORTH2O partners; academics need a partner co-applicant.
Apply by 4 July: forth2o.ac.uk
Delighted to welcome our Cuban PhD student, Perla, to Scotland yesterday! We're looking forward to working with her in-person over the next few weeks.
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Great blog from @ResilienceScot highlighting the work being done on #MentalHealth impacts of #HydrologicalExtremes in Scotland.
See this CREW project led by Dr Rhian Thomas: 'Building Public Health Resilience to Fluvial Flooding in Scotland'.
🔗 tinyurl.com/56ss7dh7
To mark the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we are pleased to share a new blog from Rhiannon Hawkins and colleagues at the @UofGlasgow looking at current work to understand the mental health risk associated with hydrological extremes in Scotland:
ncr.glasgow.ac.uk/?p=2177
ALT Image shows a Caul on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway - the water level is low and the dry stones as exposed to the sun. Seagulls sit on the stones.
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The rivers around the Forth face many pressures which impact salmon, eels, otters and other wildlife. Some pressures also impact communities that live along our rivers too. Find out about these pressures and how we are tackling them in our feature film youtu.be/YYhYl7A2lNg