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Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre

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Organisation profile

The Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre at SRUC enables ecosystem market creation. We show how Scotland's natural capital is essential to addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals. Our work focuses on advancing the fundamental interdisciplinary science of ecosystem services, and informing decision makers on the restoration of natural capital and its sustainable use.

We build ecosystem markets through action research projects to meet net-zero targets and reverse biodiversity decline. We do this while supporting thriving rural communities through regenerative agriculture and conservation, ensuring a just transition.

Keywords

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Management Information Systems
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Forestry
  • Soil Science
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Geometry and Topology
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • Beyond carbon sequestration: The critical oversight of emission avoidance in restoration of wetland ecosystems

    Wu, S., Artz, R. R. E., Barthelmes, A., Cui, S., Adetsu, D. V., Eory, V., Reed, M., Humpenöder, F., Heuts, T. S., Fritz, C., Klimkowska, A. & Lohila, A., Jan 2026, In: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 29, 3 p., 100658.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

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  • Delivering robust measurement pathways for a Scottish carbon land tax: an evidence review and feasibility study

    Reed, M., Glendinning, J., Glenk, K., McVittie, A., Millard, N., Cowap, C., Gearey, R., Brennand, J. R., Carr, S. & Mckay Fletcher, D., 18 Feb 2026, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). 99 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report › peer-review

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  • Priority research questions in global peatland science

    Milner, A. M., McKeown, M. M., Ruwaimana, M., Gallego-Sala, A., Loisel, J., Menges, J., Roland, T. P., Ahiable, C. A. E., Akwany, L. O., Alarcon-Prado, P., Anshari, G., Alappat, L., Baird, A. J., Bąk, M., Bambuta Boole, J. J., Batten, S. E., Beaudoin, Y., Bechtold, M., Bu, Z. J. & Budisusanti, S. P. M. & 85 others, Benavides, J. C., Chawchai, S., Chimner, R. A., Cobb, A. R., Cole, L. E. S., Connolly, J., Calvo Vargas, J. C., Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J., Davidson, S. J., de la Peña, A., Duley, E., Elshehawi, S., Espinoza León, I., Finkelstein, S. A., Garneau, M., Girkin, N. T., Glen, E., Grover, S., Grundling, P. L., Handley, J. N., Helfter, C., Hergoualc’h, K., Hoyt, A. M., Huang, X., Imani, G., James, A., Kabonyi Nzabandora, C., Kagaba Kairumba, C., Kansiime, F., Kolka, R. K., Koren, G., Korhola, A., Krisnawati, H., Kumar, R., Lamentowicz, M., Lång, K., Larmola, T., Lewis, S. L., Lopez, O. R., López-Blanco, E., Lupascu, M., Maldonado-Fonken, M., Marchant, R., Marcisz, K., Mazei, N. G., Mazei, Y. A., Mbasi, M., Melling, L., Miles, L., Montanarella, L., Moss, P. T., Murgía-Flores, F., NGuyen, M. K., Novita, N., Oliver, D. J. S., Orijemie, E. A., Osaki, M., Page, S. E., Pancost, R. D., Pandey, S., Püschel Hoeneisen, N., Quintana Zagaceta, C. H., Ratnayake, A., Reed, M. S., Rochefort, L., Saavedra, B., Samuel, J., Scheel , P., Schutten, H., Siegert, F., Signori-Müller, C., Strack, M., Stolle, F., Swindles, G. T., Tanneberger, F., Turetsky, M. R., Urciuolo, A. B., Väliranta, M., Verstraeten, G., Warren, M., Webster, K. L., Whinam, J., Young, D. M., Yu, Z. & Zhang, H., 28 Apr 2026, (First published) In: Communications Earth and Environment. 7, 1, 349.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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