Ted Leeming and Morag Paterson

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The six-day programme aims to examine, articulate and celebrate our connection with the landscape dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-new…

The six-day programme aims to examine, articulate and celebrate our connection with the landscape dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-new…

🚨 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 🔗 buff.ly/hiKmIey

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: landcommission.gov.scot/news-events/ne… @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: consult.gov.scot/agriculture-an…

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! scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ps…

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. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

There’s also an online questionnaire, independent of the walks (if you don't like google email us for a pdf): lnkd.in/dsJ_8iFw Please share this with your friends and family, or anyone you think might be interested! bit.ly/4a5eszr 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: bit.ly/3Wb3wun 1/2

@howemill Good shout, ordered! Also halfway through a podcast with Manda Scott and Audrey Tang, fascinating stuff.

Ooh - this is going to be an excellent read!!!

“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.❄️

Good point, double standards anyone?!

Hugely excited to be doing this👇🧫🦠

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: lnkfi.re/dsHR7n

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 🔗landcommission.gov.scot/news-events/bl…

This morning McNabb attended the @ScottishLandCom's Community Benefit Advisory Group to talk about the 'Woodlands Plus' project as an example of adding value to Woodland Creation projects. Group info: landcommission.gov.scot/our-work/good-…

Looking forward to this on 1st November at the The Stove Cafe in Dumfries. 'Tim Stead: Magician with Wood' - thestove.org/event/reel-to-…