Understanding what’s happening with Scotland’s land

20 October, 2021

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

In the ninth in our series of 'Land &' blogs, Malcolm Combe, Chair of the Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum, looks at the relevance of land and human rights now and what the work of the newly-established Forum hopes to achieve.

12 October, 2021

Land & Communities – Community land ownership and health

There are strong connections between land reform and broader health and wellbeing. Land use decisions are being recognised for their significant impacts on health outcomes and health inequalities.

11 October, 2021

It’s not just farmers who use and need land

As the Scottish Land Commission completes its three-day Land Connection 2021 conference which looked at the role of land in helping to achieve some of Scotland’s big ambitions for the economy, climate and communities, I’ve been reflecting on the connections with tenant farming and how the work of the TFC is acting as an important forerunner to wider land reform.

4 October, 2021

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.

28 September, 2021

New group to look at land and human rights

A new expert advisory forum on land and human rights meets today, 28 September 2021, for the first time to discuss the relationship between property rights and wider economic, social, and cultural rights.

20 September, 2021

Scotland’s natural capital opportunity must work in the public interest

Scotland has a big opportunity in using its land to drive a just transition to a net zero economy. New value and investment associated with carbon and natural capital can bring significant benefits if harnessed well.

20 September, 2021

Land & Climate Change - Shaping the natural capital market in the public interest

The next in our series of ‘Land &’ blogs, Chief Executive of the Scottish Land Commission, Hamish Trench, looks at how we can shape the rapidly developing carbon and natural capital land markets in the public interest.

7 September, 2021

Tenant farmers look for clarity on future agricultural policy

The Tenant Farming Advisory Forum (TFAF) is a group of farming leaders that meets regularly to help identify and discuss issues relevant to the maintenance and development of the tenant farming sector in Scotland.