Sustainable and integrated farming and crofting activity in the hills and uplands of Scotland: blueprint - report
Report from the Hill, Upland and Crofting Climate Change Group, one of the farmer-led groups established to develop advice and proposals for the Scottish Government. It focusses on how to cut emissions and tackle climate change, something that was re-emphasised in the updated Climate Change Plan.
Footnotes
1. Available via following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/securing-green-recovery-path-net-zero-update-climate-change-plan-20182032/ (last accessed 23rd March 2021)
2. RESAS (2021). Evidence for the Hill, Upland & Crofting Farmer-Led Climate Change Group.
3. RESAS (2021). Evidence for the Hill, Upland & Crofting Farmer-Led Climate Change Group.
4. Further information available via following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-report-scottish-parliament-2014-2016/pages/0/ (last accessed 23rd March 2021)
5. Blackloss refers to the unexplained disappearance of livestock and is a particular issue within the context of predators
6. Further information available via: https://soils.environment.gov.scot/resources/peatland-restoration/ (last accessed 19th March 2021)
7. Accessible via following link: https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/2017-11/Guidance-Peatland-Action-guidance-on-peatland-grazing-A1268255.pdf (last accessed 21st March 2021)
8. ALBON S. D., McLEOD J., POTTS J., IRVINE J., FRASER D., NEWEY S. (2019). Updating the estimates of national trends and regional differences in red deer densities on open-hill ground in Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Research Report No. 1149. [Online] Accessible from: https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/2019-11/A3115490.pdf (last accessed 19th March 2021)
9. Accessible via following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/management-wild-deer-scotland/pages/38/ (last accessed 18th March 2021)
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