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Monday, November 19th, 2018
Traditional seaweed hand harvesting image © BBC News Backers of a controversial plan to harvest kelp off the Scottish coast have said it could support a £300m industry. The...
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Monday, November 5th, 2018
A new research programme will measure the ability of Scotland’s marine environment to store carbon dioxide and mitigate against the effects of climate change. It will be driven by the...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
Image © Pete Bicheno Jonny Hughes, Chief Executive of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, shares his thoughts on kelp harvesting proposals in this piece at The Scotsman. Keystone species are so...
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Friday, October 26th, 2018
Kelp Forest Image © Richard Shucksmith for SNH, Flickr Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough has insisted it is “absolutely imperative” that action is taken to protect kelp in Scotland’s...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2018
Kelp bed, Richard Shucksmith © SNH A proposal to mechanically dredge kelp forests off the coast of Scotland has led to an outcry from conservationists, who say it would...
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Saturday, April 28th, 2018
The year was 1834, and the HMS Beagle was sailing through the Strait of Magellan near Tierra del Fuego, when Charles Darwin’s mind turned to giant kelp. “The number of...
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