A new paper from the 169-year-long Park Grass experiment has just been published in the journal npj Biodiversity titled: ‘Trade-off between pollinator-wildflower diversity & grassland yields’. The Guardian picked up on this publication with their article High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds.
Read MoreOn Friday 31 January, ECT will be hosting its next two-monthly webinar with speaker Sara Middleton from the University of Oxford. Sara will be speaking on “plant life stories” from the first 8 years of the RainDrop rainfall/drought experiment in Oxfordshire. See our webinars page for further details and registration.
Read MoreECT’s latest two-monthly newsletter for December is published via our newsletter archive page. It includes news on the launch of our latest virtual reality (VR) tour of an LTE - the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon - together with the publication of our new Strategic Plan, our final small grant awards of 2024, the addition of a new LTE to our national register (Loughgall agroforestry experiment in Northern Ireland) and an update on the BIFoR-FACE climate change experiment in Staffordshire.
Read MoreThe charity was again delighted to be exhibiting at the BES2024 Annual Meeting in Liverpool a couple of weeks ago. We showcased our latest (fourth) long-term experiment rendered in virtual reality (VR) - the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon. Around 120 delegates tried on our VR headsets in a packed exhibition hall.
Read MoreAn article relating the proceedings at our celebration event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ainsdale Dune Slacks long-term grazing experiment on 3 October has been published in the latest issue of the Sand Dune & Shingle Network newsletter.
Read MoreAccess a recording of our most recent webinar (22 November) with plant ecologist Robin Pakeman from the James Hutton Institute in Scotland. Robin speaks about the 22-year-long Glen Finglas grazing and biodiversity experiment located just northwest of Stirling on land owned by the Woodland Trust. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive direct notifications of new webinar recordings when they are uploaded.
Read MoreOur charity will again have an exhibition stand at the upcoming annual meeting of the British Ecological Society (BES), 10-13 December in Liverpool. Do stop by at Stand T1 to meet us and try out our latest new VR headset tour of the North Wyke Farm Platform long-term experiment in Devon.
Read MoreECT has awarded a maintenance grant to Rob Graham at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) as a contribution towards the costs of upgrading sheep fencing around the plots at the SRUC Tulloch rotation and grazing agroecological experiment in Aberdeenshire. Our Small Grants Scheme remains closed to new applications for the remainder of 2024.
Read MoreECT’s new 3-year Strategic Plan covering the period 2024-2026 is now published on the strategy page of our website and available for downloading. Fold-out printed copies will be available next month from ECT’s exhibition stand at the BES2024 Annual Meeting in Liverpool.
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