Understanding what’s happening with Scotland’s land

23 September, 2020

Balancing Land Rights and Responsibilities

Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities Emma Cooper explores the balancing act required between land rights and responsibilities and how we can use the Land Rights & Responsibilities Statement.

9 September, 2020

Whose space? Whose heritage?

Building on the recent blog ‘Human Rights and Land Reform: A springboard for future resilience’, Cath Denholm – Executive Director of Corporate Services, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Deputy Chair, NatureScot – explores the concept of who nature and heritage belong to in defining a post-Covid recovery.

2 September, 2020

Land Commission learns from TFC experience

The Tenant Farming Commissioner explores the role of our Land Rights & Responsibilities Protocols for land owners, managers and users in the agricultural sector in his latest blog.

31 August, 2020

Human Rights and Land Reform: A springboard for future resilience

As part of the ‘Scotland’s Land & Economy’ series exploring the fundamental role of land in achieving Scotland’s post-pandemic recovery and renewal, Scottish Land Commissioner Megan MacInnes explores the relationship between land reform and the delivery of our broader human rights, health and place-based ambitions.

14 August, 2020

TFC Blog: Tenancy Queries

After three years in post as the Tenant Farming Commissioner, a lot of people ask me about my general day to day work.

13 August, 2020

The Power of Community-led Regeneration

Building on the recent blog ‘Land and collective wellbeing: fertile soil’, Louisa Macdonell, Chief Executive of Development Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS), explores the power of volunteers and communities in determining their own local regeneration.

11 August, 2020

Building Community Wealth

Building on the recent blog ‘Land and collective wellbeing: fertile soil’, Julie McLachlan, Director at CEIS Ayrshire and Senior Manager – Economic Policy at North Ayrshire Council (NAC), explores the concept of building community wealth through NAC's Community Wealth Building strategy.

6 August, 2020

Rethinking land use for future generations

Building on the recent blog ‘Land and collective wellbeing: fertile soil’ Jane Davidson, Chair of the Wales Inquiry of the UK wide Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, a smallholder and the author of #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country, explores how we can rethink land use to look after the interests of future generations.