ECT is partnering with CIEEM for their online Spring conference (16 March) on Long-term Ecological Research Projects - Using Evidence to Inform Practice. Applications to present a talk at this conference are now invited from the applied ecological research community, with a deadline of 13 January 2021. View the CIEEM website for further details and the application proforma.
Read MoreECT is participating in next week’s BES Festival of Ecology being held online 14-18 December. Using the vFairs platform, we have designed a booth (pictured) which you can visit online and which showcases four of the long-term experiments on ECT’s register. Top billing goes to the Whim Bog experiment in Scotland, for which we have ten 360-degree video tours accessible from within the stand exclusively to registered delegates for the duration of the event. For further information, view the BES website.
Read MoreECT has registered the Colt Park Meadows long-term upland grassland restoration experiment in North Yorkshire in its national network of active LTEs. Running for 31 years, Colt Park was set up by Roger Smith from Newcastle University as a nutrient addition/grazing study, and is now led by PI Richard Bardgett from the University of Manchester. Pending a new webpage for this LTE, you can read more on the Soil and Ecosystem Lab page, University of Manchester. Wider information about all the sites in our network is available on our ‘Sites’ page.
Read MoreOur latest podcast interview is now available. It features Jon Millett (pictured, Loughborough University) bringing to life the Ainsdale Dune Slacks long-term grazing experiment that has been running for 45 years. Listen to Jon Millett.
Read MoreA new page is now available on the ECT website for the Ruabon Moor long-term nitrogen deposition and burning experiment on upland heath near Wrexham in north-east Wales. Follow the link above for new detail on the history, impacts and future potential of this valuable LTE research site, now running for 31 years.
Read MoreECT has teamed up with the UK Environmental Change Network (UKECN) to host a 1.5-hour thematic session titled Long-term environmental monitoring - challenges & opportunities at the upcoming online Annnual Meeting of the British Ecological Society (BES) on 14 December. For further information & registration for the wider conference, view the BES website.
Read MoreThe latest paper to emerge from over 25 years work at the Brignant Plots in mid-Wales has been published by PI Mariecia Fraser and colleagues in Science of the Total Environment. You can view the publication via our Brignant bibliography.
Read MoreListen to Simon Peacock of Newcastle University bringing to life the research and its impacts from the 124-year-long grazing/nutrient addition grassland experiment at Palace Leas in Northumberland.
Read MoreECT is now eligible to receive donations from the AmazonSmile Foundation whenever its customers use the AmazonSmile platform and select ECT as their chosen charity. AmazonSmile donates 0.5% of the value of eligible purchases directly to ECT at check-out, at no additional cost to the online buyer. To switch to AmazonSmile for online purchasing, access the platform here.
Read MoreECT’s September newsletter is now published and available to download here. This issue headlines with the publication of our Annual Report and Accounts for 2019, and features updates from several LTEs on our register. Plus wildfire recovery research, our latest podcasts, blog post and grant award under our Small Grants Scheme.
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