Events
Biodiversity and community owned land in Scotland – an analysis
This report assesses the contribution of community landownership to biodiversity outcomes. It also looks at developing a Community Biodiversity Dataset (CBD) and providing guidance on how to measure biodiversity for community landowners. It was funded by an Innovation Voucher from the Scottish Funding Council between September 2024 and February 2025.
Contemporary Crofting: The Potential for Delivering Public Benefits
This report summarises a project between the Centre of Mountain Studies, UHI Perth, and the Scottish Crofting Federation, exploring the potential for delivery of public benefits by crofting, as told by crofters themselves. The report points to challenges in realising these public benefits and to the need for better regulation, better incentives, better data and better skills and training opportunities.