Biography
Mark Reed is a Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship and co-Director of the Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre at SRUC. One of the original architects of the Peatland Code, he is now helping develop carbon codes for other habitats and advising UK governments and the United Nations on the development of high integrity ecosystem markets. Professor Reed is chairing a SEFARI Strategic Advisory Group with representatives from across the UK policy, investor and landowning communities, to understand opportunities and threats from “green lairds” and investment funds that want to rewild Scotland to help reach net zero targets. He advises the Scottish Government on natural capital and ecosystem markets as a member of the Agricultural Reform Implementation Oversight Board, which is helping shape the Agriculture Bill, to be introduced to the Scottish Parliament next year.