Reading Time: 8 minutesGuest blog by Dr Lorna Cole discussing what it means for agriculture to be sustainable and regenerative.
Tag: Rural affairs
Land Reform Consultation – What are the key stakeholders saying?
Reading Time: 10 minutesIntroduction This is the third in a series of land reform blogs. Having previously considered the route to current proposals, and what is being proposed,
What do the Scottish Government’s proposals for land reform look like?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is the second in a series of land reform blogs. It sets out current Scottish Government proposals for land reform. The most significant of
Routes to further land reform – the origins of current Scottish Government proposals
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction In July 2022 the Scottish Government published Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation, a consultation on measures to “address the impact of scale
Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land – What is it and how does it work?
Reading Time: 5 minutesSPICe has recently received enquiries about the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land (RCI), its history, the process for registration, who it
The Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill – what’s happened so far?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog discusses what has happened so far during the passage of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill.
FAQs: Avian Influenza
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog sets out information on frequently asked questions on avian flu.
Fàs agus crìonadh sluaigh ann an eileanan na h-Alba – 2001 gu 2020
Reading Time: 5 minutesRo-ràdh Mar thoradh air gnìomhachd co-cheangailte ris na h-eileanan anns an t-seisean pàrlamaid mu dheireadh thàinig Achd nan Eilean agus a’ chiad Phlana Nàiseanta nan
Population growth and decline on Scotland’s islands – 2001 to 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction A flurry of islands-related activity during the last parliamentary session resulted in the 2018 Islands Act and Scotland’s first ever National Islands Plan. A
Land, space and place: NPF4 and land use
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog looks at the relationship between Scotland’s Fourth National Planning Framework and other strategic land uses.