Scottish Government

Scottish Government and British National Space Centre Workshop
Thursday 13th December 2007
Authors: Dr Richard V. Birnie (The Macaulay Institute), Dr Geeta Puri (The Scottish Government)
ISBN 978 0 7559 7150 3 (Web only publication)
This document is also available in pdf format (1mb), excluding Appendix 3 Slide presentation
Slide presentation at Appendix 3 available as a separate file in pdf format (6.5mb)

Contents

List of Participants

1. Purpose

2. Aims

3. Pre-Workshop Process

4. Workshop Process

5. Notes from the Information Sessions
5.1 "The policy context and the GIFTSS programme led by BNSC" Dr Geeta Puri and Matt O'Donnell
5.2 "Experience with assessing (mapping) peat land erosion in England" Jeff Warburton with Martin Evans and Julia McMorrow
5.3 "Experience with assessing (mapping) peat land erosion in Scotland" Ian Grieve

6. Notes from the Workshop Sessions (afternoon)
6.1 ISSUES OF DEFINITION
6.2 DETERMINING THE CORE REQUIREMENTS
6.3 WHAT DO WE NEED TO MEASURE?
6.4 HOW DO WE MEASURE THESE?

7 Key Recommendations and next steps

Appendix 1 Feasibility/Scoping report by Dr R.V. Birnie submitted to the BNSC and the Scottish Government in September 2007

Appendix 2 Example of the Landsat TM classification developed for the Scottish Blanket Bog Inventory ( SBBI)

Appendix 3 Slides from presentation

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Government or Scottish Ministers