{"id":36825,"date":"2023-06-20T16:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36825"},"modified":"2023-06-17T17:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T16:40:46","slug":"scotlands-community-landowners-support-ambitious-land-reform-and-nature-restoration-conference-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36825","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s Community landowners support ambitious land reform and nature restoration: Conference update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Community Land Scotland held it\u2019s 12th annual conference \u2018Community Ownership and Land Reform: Marking the Centenary, Shaping the Future\u2019 celebrated the centenary of the first community buyout to be completed.<\/h3>\n

image: Community Land Scotland website<\/em><\/h6>\n

Community Land Scotland writes:<\/p>\n

…The long-term solutions….are for us to think locally by empowering communities…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Ailsa Raeburn, Chair of Community Land Scotland says \u201cthis conference gave us the opportunity to look back 100 years but also to look forward. Community landownership has shown itself to be a transformational model for many communities but those looking to buy estates are being priced out of an overheated land market. If we want the benefits of landownership to be shared more equitably, we need to be bold about asking for ambitious land reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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The Land Reform Bill was understandably a key topic at the conference, as concerns over rapidly increasing land prices and further land ownership concentration \u2013 as highlighted in the\u00a0Scottish Land Commission\u2019s repor<\/a>t\u00a0 \u2013 sharpened delegates desire for ambitious and robust land reform. During discussions and priority setting sessions delegates providing clear support for our proposals for:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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