The spatial distribution of soil organic carbon is an important factor in land management decision making, climate change mitigation and landscape planning. Here three groups of...

Thematic soil maps show the distribution of a specific soil property or theme, such as topsoil organic carbon content or soil texture.

Scotland has international conservation responsibility towards 'cryptogamic' bryophytes and lichens, especially epiphytic species (growing on trees) that characterise its...

This data set provides information on references in cultural media to landscape and local setting. It is based on work undertaken by AECOM following a commision by SNH to map...

The Potential for Native Woodland in Upland Scotland was created by the Macaulay Institute and Scottish Natural Heritage in 2004. It was developed to assist in the planning of...

National Waters Inventory for Scotland (NWIS) one of the previous work packages projects funded by the Scottish government had main objective of developing protocols for a new...

The James Hutton Institute has been testing novel DNA barcoding methods to monitor the incidence and diversity of Phytophthora species and related plant pathogens in natural...

The map and associated data are outputs from a project to explore the potential for innovative management of water levels and flows in the Lunan Water, an agricultural catchment...

Model for determining cost-effectiveness of farm measures for mitigating diffuse pollution from sediment bound phosphorus runoff from arable farmland. The measure options from...

A 236 m long reach of the Logie Burn, a straightened sand-gravel bed stream in north-east Scotland was restored by reconnecting its pre-modification channel to improve habitat...

The James Hutton's Institute monitors sites mainly in Lunan and Tarland catchments for water quality.This resource presents data collected on the water monitoring variables...

The James Hutton's Institute has water monitoring sites mainly in Bowmont, Lunan and Tarland catchments where they collect data on various water variables. This dataset...

Land capability maps use soil data along with information on other properties, such as climate or landscape, to classify the land for a specific purpose such as the Land...

The research brief presents findings of the study on how land managers adapt their land management practices to changing policy objectives. The study area was The Cairngorms...

Forests are important part of Scotland’s natural heritage and can provide a number of benefits to people, such as natural flood management. The type of benefits a forest...

The map and data indicate areas in Scotland where there is high likely of exposure to radon in drinking water from groundwater supplies due to underlying rocks layer. The data...

Surveys of peat produced by the Scottish Peat Committee and the Macaulay Institute since the 1950's

James Hutton Institute data sets contributing or derived from the National Soils of Scotland database. Soil maps display the distribution of different soil types across the land...

Data on daily flow of water from main rivers in Scotland and spatial locations of the stations where the data are captured are presented. These data for several years (1947 to...

National Waters Inventory for Scotland (NWIS) was among the previous work packages projects funded by the Scottish government. The project was executed by the James Hutton's...