• NETGAIN Seminar: Some overlooked consequences of Biodiversity Net Gain for social justice and democracy with Kiera Chapman

    University of St Andrews Arts Lecture Room, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

    This is a hybrid seminar. Please either note your attendance in-person to the NETGAIN team, or register to attend online.   The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe. The causes are complex, but ecological loss caused by urbanisation is a factor. Biodiversity Net Gain is a new approach to mitigating these… 

  • NETGAIN Seminar: How do we measure biodiversity for nature finance? with Hannah Wauchope

    University of St Andrews Arts Lecture Room, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

    This is a hybrid seminar. Please either note your attendance in-person to the NETGAIN team, or register to attend online.   As the push to incorporate biodiversity into economic decisions continues, there’s a need to have standardised ways for how we measure it. This need is implicit in the term ‘NetGain’ – to have an overall net… 

  • NETGAIN Seminar: LIES of Omission: Complex Observation Processes in Ecology with Fergus Chadwick

    University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    This is a hybrid seminar. Please either note your attendance in-person to the NETGAIN team, or register to attend online.   Advances in statistics mean that it is now possible to tackle increasingly sophisticated observation processes. The intricacies and ambitious scale of modern data collection techniques mean that this is now essential. Methodological research to make inference… 

  • NETGAIN Annual Student Retreat

    Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment University of Glasgow, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Current PGRs should have received further information via email.

  • NETGAIN Conference and Project Incubator

    University of Glasgow University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    This gathering will celebrate the progress made over the last year and will look forward to the next steps of an exciting journey to co-develop a transformative research agenda around the science and practice of net gain. We invite you to join us as your expertise and perspective are crucial to shaping the direction of… 

  • NETGAIN Seminar: The development of high integrity private investment in the restoration of nature in Scotland – opportunities and risks with Ross Johnston

    University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    This is a hybrid seminar. Please either note your attendance in-person to the NETGAIN team, or register to attend online.   There is increasing interest across the world in the role that private investment can play in addressing the twin nature and climate crises.  Scottish Government committed in 2022 to the establishment of a public sector partnership…