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Controlled burning vital to combat future wildfire – new film makes the case

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The crucial role that gamekeepers, stalkers and rural workers played in tackling the huge wildfire at Cannich is being explained in a new video released this week. Loch Ness Rural Communities, a group highlighting land management, employment, wildlife and conservation that goes on in the Straths around Loch Ness, has released the film in...

Muirburn must be part of toolkit to tackle wildfires

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A summit held today to discuss wildfires in Scotland has been welcomed – but land managers have urged the Scottish Government to listen to fire experts and recognise the value of controlled burning. Scottish Land & Estates were among representatives to attend the wildlife summit in Beauly organised by MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch...

Best in the Field – The Scottish Country Sports Tourism Awards 2023

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The Scottish Country Sports Tourism Awards were held on Saturday 1st of July at the GWCT Scottish Game Fair, recognising providers of country sports who are going the extra mile to deliver exceptional experiences to sporting clients. The awards, presented on the Scottish Land & Estates stand, recognised the exceptional contributions of...

Prestigious wildlife conservation accreditation awarded to five Scottish landholdings

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Five Scottish farms and estates – accounting for nearly 75,000 acres - have been awarded prestigious international accreditation to recognise their ongoing work in wildlife management and conservation. The award of Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES) accreditation was made at the GWCT Scottish Game Fair, with three properties receiving...

Decision to enhance SSPCA powers runs the risk of hindering wildlife crime prosecutions

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A decision to extend the investigatory powers available to the SSPCA goes against the advice of an independent taskforce set up by the Scottish Government to examine the issue, Scottish Land & Estates said today. The government said today that new powers will “allow the Scottish SPCA to in certain circumstances search, examine and seize...

Clear vision for Scottish agriculture crucial to unlocking potential and innovation in rural Scotland

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Achieving certainty about the direction of Scottish agriculture policy is critical to fostering innovation and supporting a new generation in farming, Scottish Land & Estates said today. The rural business organisation was speaking as the Royal Highland Show began at Ingliston and said that opportunities for progress were being stifled by...

SLE reiterates call for immediate bracken control authorisation

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Scottish Land & Estates has urged the Scottish Government to grant immediate authorisation for Asulox to control bracken following news that it has been permitted for use south of the border. SLE wrote to the Scottish Government last week, as it has in previous years, asking for permission to be granted as a matter of urgency before...

Approval of asulox/asulam for bracken control urgently required by land managers

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Scottish Land & Estates has joined other rural stakeholders in asking the Scottish Government to permit the use of Asulox/Asulam in Scotland for the control of bracken as urgently as possible. Writing to Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon and Biodiversity Minister Lorna Slater this week, SLE has said authorisation needs to be provided...

Business hub pioneered by Scottish rural estate visited by parliamentarians

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An innovative business hub pioneered by a Scottish rural estate has been visited by the three of the SNP’s Westminster group including its leader, Stephen Flynn MP. Rosemains Steading, located on Preston Hall Estate to the south east of Edinburgh, is a collection of nine workspaces completed in 2021 designed to provide small businesses...

SLE responds to Scottish Government's tenants' rights statement

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Following the statement today from Patrick Harvie, MSP, the Scottish Government’s Tenants’ Rights Minister, Scottish Land & Estates, whose members provide thousands of rented properties across rural Scotland, issued the following statement. Sarah-Jane Laing, chief executive of Scottish Land & Estates, said: “Yet again, we have an...