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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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