{"id":12394,"date":"2016-03-30T16:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=12394"},"modified":"2016-03-26T15:33:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T15:33:58","slug":"land-use-strategy-for-scotland-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=12394","title":{"rendered":"Land Use Strategy for Scotland published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>The second edition of the Land Use Strategy for Scotland has been published and covers the period from 2016-2021, with measures for community involvement and connection with land use issues discussed.<\/u><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>The Scottish Government writes:<br \/>\n<\/u>Our land is our biggest asset and the Scottish Government has set out how best to meet its potential for effective, economic and environmentally sustainable use. The revised Land Use Strategy sets out policies and proposals for the next five years and beyond, ensuring that communities are fully engaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Getting the best from our land\u2019 is Scotland\u2019s second land use strategy and comes at a time when focus on the way we use land is stronger than ever. The recently passed Land Reform (Scotland) Bill and Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act have paved the way for this revised strategy, which sets out the importance of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Management of natural resources with an ecosystems approach to land use<\/li>\n<li>Partnership activity to bring a range of interests together to consider land use at a local level in both rural and urban areas<\/li>\n<li>Developing and implementing activities to promote climate friendly farming and crofting<\/li>\n<li>The relationship between ownership, use and management of land<\/li>\n<li>Continuing to explore the potential of catchment based approaches for managing land<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A wide ranging public consultation highlighted an appetite for establishing a strategic vision for Scotland\u2019s uplands and setting up an urban pilot project for the first time to explore community engagement with land use. These are two of the key actions highlighted in the strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Dr Aileen McLeod said:\u00a0 \u2018Land is a fundamental resource for the nation and we all benefit from a more integrated and strategic approach to land management. Land use is crucial to our economic prosperity as well as how we mitigate and adapt to climate change. With such a precious asset, it is hugely important for us to balance the growing demands on our land and make informed decisions about the way it is managed \u2013 Scotland\u2019s revised land use strategy provides the best framework for this.\u00a0 New legislation \u2013 the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill and the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 &#8211; demonstrate the dynamic nature of the debate on land in Scotland. Our new Land Use Strategy, \u2018Getting the best from our land\u2019, represents a bold and ambitious programme and I look forward to seeing its positive impact on land use in Scotland over the coming years.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>View the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotland.gov.uk\/News\/Way-forward-for-sustainable-land-use-247a.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2016\/03\/5773\" target=\"_blank\">strategy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second edition of the Land Use Strategy for Scotland has been published and covers the period from 2016-2021, with measures for community involvement and connection with land use issues discussed.\u00a0 The Scottish Government writes: Our land is our biggest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=12394\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12395,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12394\/revisions\/12395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}