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2011-2012. PI on NERC KE Forest-Finance risk network: towards a stable investment environment for forestry (partners include: Willis RE Ltd., ForestRe Ltd., EnviroMarkets Ltd., Ecometrica Ltd, Acclimatise Ltd. The Edinburgh Centre on Climate Change and Forest Research) (£124k)


2011-2015. NERC-CASE. Wind Risk Forecasting for Forest Investments (with ForestRe and Forest Research)


2010-2011. PI on The ESPA Framework: A socio-ecological systems analysis of the political economy of Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (NERC, DFID, ESRC) £250k.


2010-2011. Co-I on NERC NCEO Mission Concept Support: a Spaceborne Multispectral Lidar Mission Concept (with Astronomy Technology Centre, Strathclyde University). £220k.


2009-2010. PI on People's Trust for Endangered Species. Mapping red squirrel habitat suitability across Scotland utilising remote-sensing. £8k.


2007-2008. Co-I on NERC-DTI supported seed-corn project via the NERC Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation. £128k. (+32k contribution from SELEX)


2005-2008 Translator/Facilitator for research in remote sensing of forests NE/C508669/1: total awarded (including £60k from The Forestry Commission) £160k


2005-2006 Co-I Carnegie Research Grant. The use of virtual globe tools for forestry. £2k

Pending Applications




Co-I: NERC-DFID-ESRC. ESPA Consortium - Poverty Reduction through Incentives for Sustainable ecosystem Management across Amazonia, PRISMA Amazonia (£0.7M)


Co-I: NERC-CASE. Establishing robust and transferable techniques for measuring tropical forest change from SAR



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