What might farmers and other land users and land managers do in the quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase their sequestration of carbon? To kickstart discussions at the  LUNZ Hub ‘Big Tent’ event in Edinburgh, where almost 100 people from practice, research and policy met to discuss the issue, Rob Fraser , one of the artist leads from …

We are  delighted to announce that the new Charter for Scotland’s landscape is progressing following on from detailed research and analysis carried out and the work of the drafting team. In mid September the Co-Chairs of the SLA and the chair of the drafting group met with Nature Scot to progress to next stages of ratification by their Board.

LUNZ Hub workshop was  at this years Royal Highland Show sharing information about the project, what it aims to do, and opportunities for involvement of many organisations working in the land use and net zero space in Scotland. The outputs of workshops with attendees around the topics of land use and net zero, as well as priority actions are shared …

Scotland’s Landscape Alliance (SLA) workshop led event kicked off the second phase of the review of Scotland’s Landscape Charter which has been welcomed by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and the Islands – ‘to reflect significant changes to the Scottish Government’s policy environment since 2010, to highlight Scotland’s commitment to the European Landscape Convention, and to demonstrate …

The SLA is a supporter of the James Hutton Institute successful bid to UKRI on the topic of Land Use For Net Zero Hub ( LUNZ). The breadth of knowledge available within the SLA and its supporters will provide valuable input into the work of the Hub. Find out more about its current work here https://lunzhub.com/ The three themes are …

Scotland’s Landscape Alliance invite you to save the date for a debate led event around our current work into the review of Scotland’s Landscape Charter. We aim to present the finding s of our research gathered from a wide range of voices across Scotland and explore the extent to which the current charter has supported effective management of Scotland’s landscapes, …

Ministerial support in principle has been given by Mairi Gougeon, MSP for a review of Scotland’s Landscape Charter.