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Topics: Agriculture, fishing

  • Professor Alister Scott

    Geography Professor appointed as special adviser to Select Committee

    One of the UK’s leading experts on nature and sustainable land use has been appointed as the sole special adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee investigating land use in England. Professor Alister Scott of Northumbria University will provide the Select Committee with specialist advice over the structure and content of the inquiry, which is due to report at the end of this year.

  • The researchers taking samples from a Newcastle allotment

    Allotment soil is safer than national guidelines suggest

    With the rise in popularity of people growing their own fruit and vegetables, it may be surprising to know that many urban allotments have soil with lead levels above UK guidance values. However, new research from Northumbria University suggests that the national soil guidance should be revised as it does not accurately recognise how lead is stored in the soil and transfers to vegetables.

  • Farming in Llanos de Mojos today, credit Ruth Dickau

    Tracing the history of farming in the Amazon

    A geographer from Northumbria University, Newcastle is leading on a £340,000 research project to examine how ancient civilisations in one of the most remote and inhospitable areas of the Amazon farmed their land.

  • From l-r: Matthew Pound, Helen Hooper and Rinke Vinkenoog of Northumbria University, with urban beekeeper Ian Campbell

    Apiary opportunities for busy beekeepers

    Beekeepers in the North East are being invited to take part in a Northumbria University research project exploring the difference between the plants favoured by city and country bees.

  • From l-r: Oliver Moss, Northumbria University; Jon Shelley, the Environment Agency; Professor Tom Mordue, Northumbria University

    Fishing for answers on the River Tyne

    With tens of thousands of salmon currently preparing to lay their eggs in the upper stretches of the River Tyne, a new project hopes to bring their incredible journey to life.