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Islands – present
23 March @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Environmental challenges and opportunities
09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and introductions – day 2
09:15 – 09:45 | The future of crofting – vibrant viability | Professor Frank Rennie
09:50 – 10:20 | A survey of community wellbeing, heritage, and sustainability | Professor John Gillies FRSE, Jessica Wood and Uisdean Robertson
10:20 – 10:45| Break
10:45 – 11:15 | Overcoming the climate-nature crisis | David Maclennan
11:20 – 11:50 | The value of long term studies: four decades of research on Soay sheep on St Kilda | Professor Josephine Pemberton FRSE, FRS
11:55 – 12:25 | Present but not counted: addressing the societal condition of the Gaelic vernacular community in the islands | Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin
12:30 – 13:00 | Bog breathing from space: how mechanics help re-defining our understanding of peatland resilience | Professor Roxane Anderson
13:05 – 13:15 | Closing | Professor Des Thompson FRSE and Professor Christopher A Whatley OBE, FRSE
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