Current and Recent Activities

Although expanding rapidly, the following research, consultancy and administrative services have either been completed or are on-going.

• Machair Study Group
• Management of coastal conservation sites
• Pipeline landfall EIAs
• Conceptual developments in oil spill contingency planning including Wildlife Response
• Conceptual developments in coastal monitoring (including partnership in CoPraNet (EU funded)
• Sand dune hydrology
• Machair Studies (including storm impact)
• Administration of SOTEAG*, St. Fergus Coastal Environment Committee and AFEF**
• Management of marine resources of Scotland with special reference to Aquaculture
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (including partnership in COREPOINT, EU funded)
• Airborne and Satellite-borne Remote Sensing and Mapping, including precise measurement of coastal change
• Instrumentation of Ythan Estuary in association with OceanLab at Newburgh
• GIS for coastal planning and management, including data models and European Space Acency (Coastwatch) and on-line mapping services
• Compilation of Digital Photographic Archive for the coastline of Scotland
• Mobile field mapping using PDAs, mobile communications, GPS and internet-based GIS
• Conservation Chapters in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) programme
• Interpretation of recent and historical tsunami evidence
• Monitoring of coastal defence works along Aberdeen beach
• Precise measurement of change in selected Scottish sand dune systems

*SOTEAG - The Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group
**AFEF - The Atlantic Frontier Environmental Forum

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