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Open fields on a summer's day

New investment in Scotland’s land can benefit nature and nation

Ever-increasing interest in Scotland’s land is opening up the prospects of a win-win that benefits the nation and nature like never before, a major conference will hear today.
Countryside near Edinburgh with a view of the urban landscape in the distance

New group to look at land and human rights

A new expert advisory forum on land and human rights meets today for the first time to discuss the relationship between property rights and wider economic, social, and cultural rights.
Stromness village in the Orkney islands. Credit: iStock – Nicola Colombo.

Scottish Land Commission invites Orkney residents to online public meeting

The Scottish Land Commission is continuing its calendar of online public meetings and the next will cover Orkney.

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Malcolm Combe

Land & Human Rights - Revisited: Why they're relevant now

In the ninth in our 'Land &' series of blogs, Malcolm Combe explores the work of the new Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum in his role as Chair.
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Dr Bobby Macaulay

Land & Communities – Community land ownership and health

In the eighth blog of our 'Land &' series, Dr Bobby Macaulay outlines the practical means through which community land ownership can improve health in Scotland.
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Bob McIntosh

It’s not just farmers who use and need land

The Tenant Farming Commissioner reflects on the connections with tenant farming and how his work is acting as an important forerunner to wider land reform.

Upcoming events

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Virtual Public Meeting - Falkirk & Forth Valley

Virtual Public Meeting for residents of Falkirk & the Forth Valley area to learn more about our work, what land reform is, and how it can contribute to a successful Scotland.

Virtual Public Meeting - Ayr & Ayrshire

Virtual Public Meeting for residents of Ayr & Ayrshire to learn more about our work, what land reform is, and how it can contribute to a successful Scotland.