Scotland's Marine Protected Area network : Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation

Acknowledgements This research was supported and funded by Climate XChange (reference no: A10431853). Climate XChange is a collaborative initiative between Scottish research and higher education institutes and is funded by the Scottish Government. The authors would like to thank Marine Scotland, JNCC and SNH for their permission to reproduce their figures of the Scottish MPA process and maps of the Scottish MPA network.

Progress in upscaling Miscanthus biomass production for the European bio-economy with seed-based hybrids

Funded by UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Grant Number: LK0863 BBSRC strategic programme Grant on Energy Grasses & Bio-refining. Grant Number: BBS/E/W/10963A01 OPTIMISC. Grant Number: FP7-289159 WATBIO. Grant Number: FP7-311929 Innovate UK/BBSRC ‘MUST’. Grant Number: BB/N016149/1