Land Use & Reform

This Group takes forward an integrated approach to LINK’s engagement with developments from the Land Reform Bill, seeking join up with the principles of the Land Use Strategy, and ensuring that landscape concerns are sufficiently recognised in decisions around land use

The Land use and Reform group has a number of active members, a full list is shown below.

Convener

John Thomson

Vice-convener

Sarah Madden (Woodland Trust Scotland)

Staff liaison

Andrew Marks

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The Natural Environment Bill part 3 – National Parks

09 May 2025

This is the third in a series of blogs looking at the Natural Environment Bill. Part 1 is available here and Part 2 is available here. Most of the political energy around National Parks in recent years has related to the Scottish Government’s commitment to establish at least one new Park by the end of […]

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The Natural Environment Bill is an opportunity to protect Scotland’s nature

26 Feb 2025

The introduction of statutory targets to protect nature is a long-standing campaign demand of Scottish Environment LINK. We therefore welcome the publication of the Natural Environment Bill, introduced to the Scottish Parliament last week, which represents a vital opportunity to halt biodiversity decline and drive forward nature’s recovery.  Scotland’s Biodiversity Framework  The Scottish Government’s commitment […]

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Charities welcome Natural Environment Bill

20 Feb 2025

Environment charities have welcomed the publication this week of Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill, a crucial step in fighting the nature and climate crises. The publication of this Bill, with its provision for legally binding nature recovery targets, has been a key ask of the Scotland Loves Nature campaign, launched in 2024. Alongside legal targets, the […]

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