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Publication - Research and analysis

Scotland's Fourth Land Use Strategy: supporting evidence pack

Published
18 March 2026
From
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, +15 more … Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Director for Planning, Architecture and Regeneration, Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, Director of Environment and Forestry, Director of Local Government and Housing, Director of Marine, Director of Offshore Wind, Director-General Economy, Director-General Net Zero, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Permanent Secretary
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate, +6 more … Energy and Climate Change Directorate, Environment and Forestry Directorate, Jobs and Wellbeing Economy Directorate, Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Directorate, Marine Directorate, Offshore Wind Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Economy, Energy, +5 more … Environment and climate change, Farming and rural, Housing, Transport, Work and skills
ISBN
9781806439652

The evidence pack to support Scotland’s Fourth Land Use Strategy. It draws on published materials to provide a baseline understanding of land in Scotland, and aims to increase awareness of the interplay between landscape, land use and ecosystem services.

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4 Acknowledgements

This work acknowledges the efforts of colleagues in the JHI-C3-1 (Land Use Transformations) and JHI-C5-1 (Large-Scale Modelling) projects in the 2022-2027 ENRA Strategic Research Programme in coordinating effort to produce maps for this evidence pack. Specifically, this work acknowledges the contributions of Douglas Wardell-Johnson, Dave Miller, Jess Whittaker, Marie Castellazzi, Keith Matthews, and Alessandro Gimona.

Contact

Email: lus4@gov.scot

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