Posted on July 18, 2018
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Reforesting Scotland Land Revival Tour – Cairngorms, 28th-29th of June I wasn’t sure what to expect from the Reforesting Scotland Land Revival Tour, but I knew it would be an interesting experience whatever happened. As you will know, if you’ve been following this blog,… Continue Reading “Reforesting Scotland Land Revival Tour”
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Category: Conservation, Crofting, Deer, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, UncategorizedTags: Cairngorms, Cattle, CNPA, Collaboration, Community, Croft, Crofting, Deer, Deer Management, Deer stalking, Environment, Farming, Flerd, Forestry, GIS, Glenfeshie, High Nature Value farming, Highland Cattle, Hunting, Land, Mob Grazing, Montane Scrub, Mountain Hares, Native Breeds, Native Woodland, Nature, Peatland, Public Access, Reforesting, Rewilding, Riparian, River Management, Roe Deer, Rural, Scotland, Sheep, Soil Regeneration, Tourism, Training, Trees, Uplands, Wild, Wildland, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Woodland, Woodland Pasture
Posted on July 3, 2018
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“This house believes in paying farmers for more than food.” This is the motion that we, the panel, were presented with – to argue for or against – in the Oxford Farming Conference‘s debate at the 2018 Royal Highland Show on the 21st of… Continue Reading “Royal Highland Show: Oxford Farming Conference 2018”
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Category: Crofting, Farming, Forestry, Land and Wildlife Management, Nature, UncategorizedTags: Africa, Agriculture, CAP, Cattle, Collaboration, Common Agricultural Policy, Community, Cooperation, Economic, Ecosystem Services, Environmental, EU, Farming, Fisheries, Flow Country, Food, Food Production, Forestry, High Nature Value farming, HNV, HNV farming, Hunting, Innovation, Integrated Land Management, Integration, Land management, Landbruk, Local, Norway, Oxford Farming Conference, Peatland, Perverse Incentive, Public Goods, Regenerative Grazing, Resilience, Rewilding, RHS2018, Royal Highland Show, Scottish Land Use Strategy, Sheep, Social, Soil, Soil Degredation, Soil Erosion, Subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Intensification, Uganda, Wild
Posted on May 14, 2015
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I wrote this piece on High Nature Value farming in August 2013. It was originally written to go in The Northern Times but never went to print. I did it for the RSPB hence the emphasis on them. You can find further information on the High Nature Value Farming website.… Continue Reading “High Nature Value Farming in Durness”
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Category: Conservation, Crofting, FarmingTags: Aberdeen Angus, Balnakeil, Bird watching, Cheviots, Community, Conservation, Corncrakes, Croft, Crofter, Crofting, Discussion, Diversification, Durness, Ecology, Environment, Farming, Farmland waders, Great-yellow bumblebee, Habitat, Habitat management, Heritage, High Nature Value farming, Highland Cattle, Highlands, HNV, HNV farming, Holyrood, Land use, Less Favoured Areas, LFASS, Lifestyle, RSPB, RSPB Scotland, Rural, Rural Priorities, Scottish Government, Sheep, SRDP, Sutherland
Wayfaring and Wandering 