Professor Robert C. Ferrier is the Director of Research Impact at the James Hutton Institute, Scotland. His extensive research interests centre on the role of policy and land use change on water resources and the development of systems based approaches for sustainable management. He has 30 years' experience in water resources management, particularly the hydrological, hydrochemical and ecological consequences of environmental change, in both freshwater and coastal systems. He is also Director of the Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) and is involved in delivering the Scottish Government's H...