Land Governance

An Alternative Land Governance System for Scotland

The dichotomous approaches of communal and private can be married. Responding to the urgency of nature restoration and sociological realignment, their…

Dec 8, 2024 • Ted Theisinger

Land Governance: The Case for Change

We stand at a point of phase change: land is being considered as more than an inanimate canvas to paint our desires on — valued both intrinsically and…

Dec 1, 2024 • Ted Theisinger

Private Purchase: The Solution to Scotland's Socio- and Ecological Challenges?

Famously the largest private landowners in the UK, Anders and Anne Povlsen have bought up parcels of land around Scotland to unapologetically commit…

Nov 24, 2024 • Ted Theisinger

Community Land Ownership: The Solution to Scotland's Socio- and Ecological Challenges?

The communal approach to addressing Scotland’s socio- and ecological challenges is that of direct land acquisition: it involves communities purchasing…

Nov 17, 2024 • Ted Theisinger

Success Criteria: Evaluating Land Governance Structures

We are experiencing a phase change in land use classes: from typically extractive forms, expressed by raw material or energy production, to restorative…

Nov 10, 2024 • Ted Theisinger

Scotland's Socio- and Ecological Challenges

To move further and to move faster, particularly within the context of the climatic and biodiversity crises, new accelerating strategies are needed.

Nov 3, 2024 • Ted Theisinger

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