{"id":40488,"date":"2024-07-23T17:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40488"},"modified":"2024-07-23T17:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:01:33","slug":"scotlands-landscape-charter-review-workshop-summary-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40488","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s Landscape Charter Review: workshop summary April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Scotland_Fiona_Newton_2019.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Scotland_Fiona_Newton_2019.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24143\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Fiona Newton<\/em><\/h6>\n\n<h3>A Scotland\u2019s Landscape Alliance (SLA) workshop-led event kicked off the second phase of the review of Scotland\u2019s Landscape Charter which has been welcomed by the Scottish government.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 aims to explore the extent to which the current charter has supported effective management of Scotland\u2019s landscapes\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>SLA writes:<\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s Landscape Alliance (SLA) workshop led event kicked off the second phase of the review of Scotland\u2019s Landscape Charter which has been welcomed by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and the Islands \u2013 \u2018to reflect significant changes to the Scottish Government\u2019s policy environment since 2010, to highlight Scotland\u2019s commitment to the European Landscape Convention, and to demonstrate commitment to sensitively managing the significant landscape change needed to address the climate and nature emergencies we face\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The review aims to explore the extent to which the current charter has supported effective management of Scotland\u2019s landscapes, and how it might be refreshed to help shape future landscape ambitions and collaborative action in line with the standards set by the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe. The first phase of the review focussed on research and stakeholder consultation on the existing charter and public attitudes to landscape to gather evidence and develop a set of emerging themes. Read here. This second phase of the review aims to take forward the outputs of the workshop event around these themes to enable a new set of principles to be developed for the Charter.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates heard from Dr Kat Jones of APRS presenting the key findings of the research and consultation work and four speakers presented inspirational projects from across Scotland demonstrating a landscape led approach with communities at their heart:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inner Forth Futures Project: the last 10 years -Kate Fuller former Project Coordinator and now Senior Programme Manager, Green Action Trust and Climate FORTH: looking forward \u2013 James Stead Project Manager \u2013 view here<\/li>\n<li>Glasgow Canal, Claypits Park \u2013 Duncan McLean, Director of Landscape Architecture &amp; Urban Design. LUC \u2013 view here<\/li>\n<li>Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership project \u2013 McNabb Laurie, former Team Leader now Coordinator at Dumfries and Galloway Woodlands \u2013 view here<\/li>\n<li>North West 2045 presented via video by Rachel Skene, Project Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The follow up workshop sessions focussed on the four themes gathered from the Phase 1 work:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Landscapes for all \u2013 community led decision making;<\/li>\n<li>Landscape for health and wellbeing;<\/li>\n<li>Landscape and resilience to environmental challenges (climate and biodiversity); and<\/li>\n<li>Multifunctional landscapes \u2013 multiple benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Delegates were asked to respond to set questions about the existing charter (Statement, Vison and Principles) and what was missing in relation to their chosen topic whilst considering the overarching principle of a landscape led approach underpinned by a just transition (in its broadest sense) for communities. Read the summaries and detailed outputs here<\/p>\n<p>SLA Next Steps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis of Workshop outputs \u2013 charter, format, draft principles<\/li>\n<li>Document drafting and case studies<\/li>\n<li>Consultation on updated draft<\/li>\n<li>Issue revised charter to Minister<\/li>\n<li>Publication and launch\/press event \u2013 October 2024, anniversary of ELC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotlandslandscapealliance.org\/news-events\/news\/scotlands-landscape-charter-review-workshop-summary-april-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Fiona Newton A Scotland\u2019s Landscape Alliance (SLA) workshop-led event kicked off the second phase of the review of Scotland\u2019s Landscape Charter which has been welcomed by the Scottish government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40488","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\/40488","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40489,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40488\/revisions\/40489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}