In our latest blog, Policy and Practice Lead James MacKessack-Leitch looks at the issues, and questions, raised in two new 'Land Lines' discussion papers focusing on natural capital.
In our latest blog, Dr Jill Robbie – Senior Lecturer in Private Law, University of Glasgow – reflects on the most recent discussion of Land and Human Rights Forum (LAHRAF), exploring the concept of ownership as it relates to natural capital.
In his latest blog, the Tenant Farming Commissioner, Bob McIntosh, looks at alleged breaches of the TFC Codes of Practice and encourages people to notify him when these occur.
In this blog, Gemma Cooper, Head of Policy at NFUS, explores the experiences from the cohort of its members who took part in the Land Rights and Responsibilities Self-Assessment Pilot Programme 2020-2021.
In this blog, Sarah Madden, Policy Adviser (Rural Communities) with Scottish Land & Estates, explores the experiences from the cohort of its members who took part in the Land Rights and Responsibilities Self-Assessment Pilot Programme 2020-2021.
In this blog, Calum MacLeod, Policy Director of Community Land Scotland, explores the experiences from the cohort of CLS land owners who took part in the Land Rights and Responsibilities Self-Assessment Pilot Programme 2020-2021.
In our latest blog, Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities Emma Cooper looks at the progress made with the Scottish Government’s Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement over the last five years and where more can be done to embed it in the way Scotland’s land is owned and used.
In this blog, Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities Emma Cooper looks at the Commission’s Land Rights and Responsibilities Self-Assessment programme and what we have learnt from the process.
In his latest blog, Tenant Farming Commissioner Bob McIntosh looks at whether an agricultural tenancy can exist without a written lease.
In this blog, Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities, Emma Cooper, explores the how Scotland’s land rights and responsibilities framework can help deliver a values-led, high-integrity market for responsible investment in natural capital and land.
In our latest blog, Commissioner Sally Reynolds, a native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Lewis, shares what land means to her as we publish our first Gaelic Language Plan.
In this blog, Scottish Land Commission Chair, Andrew Thin, looks at the impact of natural capital on Scotland’s land market and how they can be shaped for short term and long term benefit.
The Tenant Farming Commissioner's guidance on carbon credits related to agricultural holdings legislation is out today, and he explores it in his latest blog.
Policy and Practice Lead James MacKessack-Leitch reflects on deliberations from the Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum and the Land Lines: Balancing Rights and Interests in Scottish Land Reform paper published today.
In a guest blog for LGiU Scotland, Kathie Pollard, Policy and Practice Lead, explores the opportunities for local authorities in Land Reuse Month 2022 from 3-24 March.
In his latest blog, Bob McIntosh, the Tenant Farming Commissioner, looks at the challenges and opportunities for tenant farming throughout the year ahead.
Policy and Practice Lead Kathie Pollard explores our advice to Scottish Ministers on land reform and taxation in our latest blog.
Chief Executive Hamish Trench looks ahead to the Commission’s focus in 2022.
Bob McIntosh, the Tenant Farming Commissioner, looks back at the year of Scottish tenant farming developments in 2021 in his latest blog.