Scotland’s Landscape
Why is landscape important
Scotland’s landscapes are of immense value and deliver a wide range of benefits to people and society. They are an integral part of our national and community identity and they provide the physical foundation for our lives; where our natural and historic environments meet and the places where we live, work, learn and play. When well managed, landscapes positively influence our health, wellbeing and livelihoods.
Landscape plays a vital role in meeting the challenges of climate change which can help create strong resilient communities. They can be managed and designed to positively protect and enhance our biodiversity and historic environment and increase their resilience.
Access to high quality landscape influences our health, wellbeing and livelihoods.
Scotland’s landscapes are fundamental to secure, sustainable food production and their good management will support healthy soils to nurture productivity and diversity in the coming decades.
They are essential to our nation’s economic success both directly, in terms of the resources which underpin farming, forestry, many industries, and community wealth building; and indirectly through its impact on quality of life and access to a healthy environment which attracts people to live in, work in and visit Scotland.
Join the SLA
The SLA is open to any organisation or individual who commits to contributing to its aims or work. We aim to span public, voluntary, community and private sector bodies in our membership.