Kudos to the organisation team and speaker of @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social for the #SoilEcologyInPractice conference in Stirling! 👏
I really enjoyed it, thx that I could show my latest results from #BEN-EAF (poster --> doi.org/10.13140/RG....).
Great excursion, great people, hope to see you soon! 🫶

In our (totally unbiased) opinion this is the perfect way to end a conference.

#SoilEcologyInPractice delegates either hiked to the summit of Dumyat Hill, Stirling or took part in a fungal foray.

Which would you choose?

Drop any photos from today in the comments below ⬇️🍄⬇️

We had a brilliant time attending the #SoilEcologyInPractice conference in Stirling this week! 🌱

We ran a workshop on 'How to achieve real-world impact' alongside Dina in 't Zandt & Tom Parker, and overall had a great time meeting lots of different soil ecologists 🤝

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Here are the photos from this afternoon’s workshops! Thank you to everyone who contributed to thoughtful discussion and idea generation.

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Join us after lunch for one of our three curated workshops:

1 - Degraded soils and restoration

2 - Resilience of soil communities under climate change

3- Research impact and grant writing

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For the final talk in our ‘Conservation and Soil Functional Ecology at Scale’ session Tim Lukins, Forest Research, speaks on Mesoscanner as a tool to complement taxonomic identification of micro-arthropods.

All of this mornings speakers then joined our panel discussion!

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Mary Kate Doherty, University College Dublin: Using 15N bait lamina strips can tell us about resource flow in soil food webs.

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Next up Olivia Azevedo, Forest Research, shows that considering the belowground component is important in tree planting decision making.
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Alexandre Robin-Soriano, University of Tartu, finds that grazing abandonment significantly restructures fungal communties and interaction networks.

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To kick of the second day of our Soil Ecology in Practice Conference and our third session ‘Conservation and Soil Functional Ecology at Scale’ Nikki Baggaley from the James Hutton Institue helps us realise how we can better bridge the gap between soil science and policy.

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Such a great first day at #SoilEcologyInPractice! Excellent talks and loads of cool soil ecology research going on :)

Kaisa Ilmari shares the effects of agroforestry on soil microbial diversity and function.

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Beginning the second half of our ‘Soil Agroecology for Food and Soil Security’ session Karla Burke finds higher rates of nutrient cycling in intensive grasslands across Ireland.

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Our second talk this afternoon. Cecile Alsbach on sustainable agriculture practices and soil health with climate impacts.

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To start our ‘Soil Agroecology for Food and Soil Security Session’ this afternoon Roy Neilson provides insight into soil policy and how to effectively communicate soil health.
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Join us for session two after posters and lunch where we explore ‘Soil Agroecology for Food and Soil Security’.

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To finish the degraded soils session our speakers got together for an insightful panel session followed by our lightning talks given by: Kolja Enste, Kaisa Ilmari, Phinda Magagula, Izzy Turner, Arman Shamshitov, Mieke Brinkman, Nan Zhang and Jack Bradley.

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Welcome to the inaugural #SoilEcologyInPractice conference! We kicked off yesterday with some 10 pin bowling and drinks and all delegates are now registered. We will be sharing everything we get up to over the coming days here on BlueSky and on our Linkedin page!