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ALT Webinar Broadbalk Long-term Rotational Experiment at 183 Years.
2 photos of 2 white men smiling at the camera with a neutral background. Text underneath: Jon Storkey and Andy Gregory, Rothamsted Research.
Unfortunately, Prof. Zoe Davies @UniKent has had to pull out of speaking as the Session 1 keynote due to personal reasons.
Jessica Findlay @NatureScot will instead be speaking.
Book your ticket before 11:59pm TODAY bit.ly/RLASReg#RLASSymposium
ALT Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 10-11 February 2026. Last chance to register. Deadline: 12 Jan 2025. Photo on the right shows a small stream with grass and flowers on the banks either side.
🎙️ SOIL MATTERS: EPISODE 6
In this episode, we explore how indigenous knowledge shapes modern approaches to soil health and sustainable land management across Africa, featuring Divine Ntiokam, Jemimah Kutata, and Dr. Awdenegest Moges.
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ALT Webinar Broadbalk Long-term Rotational Experiment at 183 Years.
2 photos of 2 white men smiling at the camera with a neutral background. Text underneath: Jon Storkey and Andy Gregory, Rothamsted Research.
ALT Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 10-11 February 2026 Registration deadline: 12 Jan 2026. Photo on the right: A lake sandwiched between land.
Happy New Year & welcome back everyone!
If you are working on an #LongTermExperiment site, what is your #LTE goal or new year’s resolution for?
Do you want a specific paper published?
Or maybe you want to complete a particular dataset?
#NewYear#NewYear2026
ALT Landscape view from atop a hill looking down. There is a stone in the ground, and blue skies in the background.
We’ll be closed for the festive period from tomorrow. We return on 2 January 2026.
We would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays & a great New Year!
Watch this calm video of the snow-covered Brignant Plots #LTE in #Walesbit.ly/SnowBrignant
Video credit: JonM
At the @BritishEcolSoc conference, we ran a #SilentAuction for 2 books & on the final day the winners of the highest bids came to collect their books.
Congratulations to Premysel who received Dalton, S (1975) & Jason who received Darwin, C (1897)!
#BES2025
ALT Silent Auction Winners.
Photo on the left- 2 white men smile at the camera and shake hands as the one on the right holds a book. Caption: Premysel received Stephen Dalton (1975) Borne in the Wind: The Extraordinary World of Insects in Flight. Penguin Random House. Photo on the right- 2 white men smile at the camera as the one on the right hands the one on the left 2 books. Caption: Jason received Charles Darwin (1897) The Variation of Animals and Plants under domestication in 2 volumes. D. Appleton and Company, New York.
ALT Keynote Speakers- Dr Hannah Rudman, James Hutton Institute and The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital. Photo of a white woman with long black hair smiling at the camera. Back to the future: the community play. S6: A Vision for the Future. Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people.
ALT Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 10-11 February 2026 Registration deadline: 12 Jan 2026. Photo on the right: A lake sandwiched between land.
ALT Keynote Speaker- Will Stephens, 3Keel. A white man with glasses smiles at the camera. Exploring Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs) for resilient landscapes and stakeholder value. S5: Funding for Landscape-Scale projects. Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people.
ALT ECT article in The Niche. Left-hand side: Quote from the article: Resilient Landscapes and Seas Partnership Vision- To enable the creation of large-scale land, freshwater, coastal and marine systems which deliver a more sustainable and resilient future for nature, people and climate. Right-hand side: Cover image of The Niche Winter 2025.
ALT Keynote Speakers- Harriet and Rob Fraser, somewhere nowhere arts practice. Photo of a white woman and man side by side smiling at the camera. The woman wears a hat and they both wear backpacks. Interactive Session: Language Matters. Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium- Collaborating at scale for nature and people.
ALT Keynote Speaker- Diana Sandon (formerly Pound) Dialogue Matters. . A woman with glasses and red/ brown smiles at the camera. Landscapes governance and justice - enabling positive and resilient landscape change. S4: Engaging and involved communities and landowners. Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium 2026- Collaborating at scale for nature and people.
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