How Scotland’s Landscape Charter helps A&DS deliver quality design at a landscape scale for the communities of Scotland Listen to Danny McKendry, Principal Landscape Architect, on the importance of the Charter in helping improve the prosperity and health and well being of the communities of Scotland. This is the second of our series of talking heads videos from people and …

Listen to Gillian Dick, Spatial Planning Manager, Research and Development, Glasgow City Council on the importance of the Charter in helping deliver climate resilient communities. This is the first of our series of talking heads videos from people and organisations that demonstrate:- the tangible importance of the Charter to their work objectives; how the Charter with its vision and principles …

The SLA are pleased to announce the launch of Scotland’s Landscape Charter 2025.  The Charter is about promoting awareness of the critical contribution of landscapes to all our lives and the action required to maximise the many benefits they bring now and for the future. It is based on an overarching vision that, as a nation, we all cherish our …

LUNZ at a glance- overview of 2025 activities for Topic Advisory Groups (TAG) and Work Packages (WG) LUNZ-at-a-glance.-2025

The SLA are delighted to announce that Nature Scot have endorsed the revised Charter and we are engaging positively with Heritage Environment Scotland and the Scottish Government on their support also. The aim is to launch the new digital online document and associated case studies in Spring 2025 with a follow up workshop event with our landscape community Charter to …

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 …