🚨 We’re hiring: Head of Practice and Advice
Lead our Good Practice team and help shape how land is owned and used across Scotland.
💼 Permanent | £56,382–£69,018
📍 Inverness (hybrid) | 35hrs, flexible/part-time options
📅 Apply by 5pm, Fri 1 Aug
🗓 Interviews: 13–14 Aug, Inverness
🔗 https://t.co/A8J8sBreGu
What would it mean to complete Scotland’s land reform journey?
In Part 1 of our ScotLand Futures blog series, 4 contributors share bold ideas & reflections on land, power & the public interest:
Deborah Long, Dee Ward, John Watt & Morag Paterson
Read: https://t.co/eiTcTrY33D
@ScotLandEstates @CommunityLandSc
A consultation is underway on Community Rights to Buy in Scotland as part of a review aimed at simplifying the process involved and exploring improvements. More details here:
https://t.co/q6bayY4tvL
Independent experts today urged the UK 🇬🇧 not to ban the “direct action” group @Pal_action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.
“Acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as #terrorism.”
Alarm bells should be ringing in Scottish industrial forestry:
"These findings suggest I. typographus will select & colonize cut Sitka as readily as cut Norway spruce, with implications for its establishment risk in Sitka-growing regions"
Diversify now! https://t.co/1lQeEbbwhC
Your regular reminder that even if Drax was an honest company, & even if it used locally-sourced fuel rather than imported, burning wood to generate electricity is an extraordinarily inefficient (ie wasteful) way of using it for energy. https://t.co/BxnRFZLexS
There’s also an online questionnaire, independent of the walks (if you don't like google email us for a pdf): https://t.co/ng5OMVQPjy
Please share this with your friends and family, or anyone you think might be interested!
https://t.co/L599QBkzPC 2/2
Join us in ‘Conversations for Nature, Community, and Stewardship’ - help shape an alternative narrative that can be taken forward regardless of the outcome of the National Park. Walk and Talk events: Kirroughtree 12th and 19th January, booking here: https://t.co/NS8HjPxLjq 1/2
“Take me deep into the wintry woods where hope glitters freshly worn." - Angie Weiland-Crosby
Rewilding is about bringing this hope to life - restoring forests, supporting wildlife, and boosting biodiversity. Together, we can create a brighter future for nature and people.❄️
Didn't Just Stop Oil folk get arrested and imprisoned for impeding traffic? And they were selflessly trying to save the planet, while these people are trying to avoid paying 50% of a tax everyone else has to pay.
**‘The Curious Conversations – Into the Woods’ – Artist residency is underway**
An Eco Art commission, supported by @DGWoodlands.
"“Foresters often talk about silviculture as being equal parts science and art, requiring both head and heart, so it seems entirely appropriate...
It's real!!
Very excited to hold in my hands a hardback copy of my new book, THE LIE OF THE LAND - an expose of what the 'custodians of the countryside' have done to nature in Britain.
Published 12th September - pre-order yours here: https://t.co/csVXMCqCOl
Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities, Emma Cooper, offers an expert opinion on how the upcoming Natural Capital Market Framework offers a chance to balance economic interests with social and environmental goals, ensuring that both private and public investments support land reform, community empowerment, and sustainability 🌿
⏳ Five minute read
🔗https://t.co/Y88Pq7Azpz