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Chief Exec Hamish Trench and 2020 winner Heloise Le Moal

National Student Award 2021 opens for entries

The Scottish Land Commission’s National Student Award 2021 has opened for entries.
Snow-covered farm near Nigg. Credit: F Dalgetty.

New legislation to relinquish and assign farming tenancies

New legislation for secure farming tenants comes into force at the end of February. It applies to tenants who want to relinquish a tenancy or assign it to a new entrant or progressing farmer.
Eildon Hills in the Scottish Borders. iStock photo - Credit: SW_Photo

Scottish Land Commission invites Borders residents to online public meeting

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

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2020 National Student Award winner Heloise Le Moal and Chief Executive Hamish Trench with her award certificate Blog
Heloise Le Moal

Municipal Forests v Community Woodlands - Reflections from 2020 National Student Award Winner

Our 2020 National Student Award Winner Heloise Le Moal shares her experience and research.
Tractor tyre tracks crossing farmland in the Black Isle Blog
Bob McIntosh

New mediation scheme encourages all to give it a try

In the hope that mediation will become a more popular means to resolve disputes, the TFC discusses the new scheme to make access to mediation easier and more affordable in his latest blog.
A road through the countryside in Angus with hills ahead Blog
Hamish Trench

Tackling Climate Change – A window of opportunity

In our latest blog, Chief Executive Hamish Trench discusses the importance of today’s Climate Emergency Summit on the topic of land, and reflects on the transformational change needed in land use to tackle Scotland’s big challenges.

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Virtual Public Meeting - Fife

Virtual Public Meeting for the residents of Fife to learn more about our work, what land reform is, and how it can benefit your community.